Dear all,
A reminder of the next RSS primary health care study group meeting. This meeting is free and there's no need to book.
Best wishes
Sandra
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE STUDY GROUP programme
30th June 2005
Royal Statistical Society, Errol St, London
2-5pm
Research in the new primary care environment
2pm RHIAN HUGHES (Head of Research Management, Keele University)
Conducting research in the light of the research governance framework: issues for statisticians.
The new research governance framework and its implementation in primary care places particular challenges in the way of researchers. Rhian will outline the background to the research governance, the barriers it can place on research and examples of good practice which can be followed to ease procedures such as accessing patient data.
2.30pm DAVID REEVES AND TIM DORAN (Manchester University)
The QOF quality indicators and their potential for primary care research
Under the new GMS contract for GPs, 30% of practice income depends on performance against a set of 146 Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) indicators. We describe the background to the QOF and introduce the indicators. We discuss methodological and statistical issues around the collection, scoring and use of the indicators and look at their potential use in research.
3.10pm tea
3.40pm Discussion in groups
4.30pm Rounding up and conclusion
Sandra Eldridge
Centre for General Practice and Primary Care
Institute of Community Health Sciences
Barts and The London
Queen Mary University of London
Medical Sciences Building
Mile End Road
E1 4NS
telephone 020 7882 7920
fax 020 7882 6396
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Please note new address and phone number from July 4th:
Centre for Health Sciences
2 Newark Street
Whitechapel
E1 2AT
telephone: 020 7882 2519
fax: 020 7882 2552
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