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Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS)
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Last modified date:26 February 2007
Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS) is a new national system for England that has been developed to support the quality and outcomes framework (QOF) detailed in the GMS Contract
What is QMAS?
Pages on the Connecting for Health website, with links to QMAS training, the most recent QMAS bulletin and document archive.
28 July 2005
Gateway reference 5321.
This bulletin brings you an update of current QMAS activity and outlines new QMAS functionality that is being introduced to coincide with the QOF Assessor visits.
10 March 2005
Gateway reference 4662.
This bulletin is to help you prepare for the new QMAS functionality to manage payment of achievement at year end. This functionality is being introduced in March 2005. The bulletin also sets out provide more clarity around PMS points deduction. The bulletin is intended for each GMS and PMS practice participating in the national quality and outcomes framework (QOF) and for all QMAS users at the NHS Bank, SHAs and PCTs.
18 January 2005
Gateway reference: 4350
This bulletin describes the manual and IT activities that are necessary to collect the final achievement data from each practice participating in the national quality and outcomes framework (QOF). It is intended for all QMAS users at the NHS Bank, SHAs, PCTs and all GMS and PMS practices
20 December 2004
Gateway reference 4334
This bulletin brings you an update of current QMAS activity and provides important guidance with regard to practice list sizes and the National Prevalence Day. It is intended for all QMAS users at the NHS Bank, SHAs, PCTs and all GMS and PMS practices participating in the quality and outcome framework (QOF).
15 November 2004
Gateway reference: 4143
This new single national Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS) will accurately calculate points, pounds, prevalence and weighted list size in accordance with the Statement of Financial Entitlements and it will be linked to the NHAIS 'Exeter' Payment System. It will provide PCTs and practices with access to the same information about QOF quality achievement against aspiration, estimated relative prevalence and current achievement payment whenever they wish.
28 October 2004
Gateway reference: 4057
The purpose of this guidance note is to inform SHA GMS leads of the action they need to take to enable SHA colleagues to access QMAS, the new national system to support the quality and outcomes framework. The QMAS SHA User Details Utility mentioned in this guidance will shortly be emailed directly to all GMS SHA leads. The utility will enable you to supply the details of SHA colleagues who will be given access to view SHA level quality and outcomes framework (QOF) summary reports and PCT level QOF achievement reports within their authority. Action is required by Tuesday 9 November 2004.
20 September 2004
Gateway reference: 3846
The attached guidance clarifies the position in the use of G65 and its relationship with the quality and outcomes framework and therefore QMAS for practices and GP Clinical System Suppliers. Please note there is no change in the current business rule set.
6 August 2004
Gateway reference: 3564
The QMAS implementation bulletins (July 2004 Version 1.0)
- give PCTs an overview of the QMAS implementation process and includes some preparatory steps PCTs are asked to complete
- provide a step by step guide for practices to the implementation of QMAS which needs to be rolled out, implemented and activated in every GMS and PMS practice in England, over a period of time starting in August.
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