Just looking for information.
We have been told that we are not eligible for reimbursement on the
Patient Choice survey, because the number of survey returns to IPSO MORI
was less than 1.5% of our practice population.
When we looked at it, even if 100% of the patients with choice
applicable referrals had filled in their forms and posted them, we would
still not have qualified for this: we only made choice eligible
referrals for 1.3% of the practice population in the qualifying period.
We are not the only practice in the PBC consortium - which is very
pro-active - in the same position.
My own feeling (no evidence) is that our low choice eligible referrals
in the qualifying period was due to a combination of numerous care
pathways we had developed, pressure from the PCT to reduce referrals
until the new financial year ( we *were* in turnaround.. As we found 6
months before the end of the year!) and closure of various local trusts
to new referrals.
Whatever the reasons, we are left with a financial deficit.
Is this a problem limited to my - and other - PBCs which are successful
in reducing secondary care referrals by developing alternative pathways?
If so, is PBC viable from the practice POV?
Mary H
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Mary Hawking
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