PCTs should contact their PCC contracting advisors if any further explanation of the business rules is required. GPs and practice managers should refer to their PCT.
The Q&A section provides quality-assured answers to many primary care contracting questions. Individuals are requested to consult this prior to raising a query.
The rules are in two versions, one for each indicator set depending on whether the GP system uses version 0 or version 2 Read codes.
QOF business rules v 16.0 - updated December 2009
Please note there is only one version of the rule-sets. Rule-sets for 4 byte systems have not been published.
Dataset and Business Rules summary guide which is designed to help individuals working with the QOF rulesets establish the changes from version 15.0 to version 16.0.
Download rulesets v 16 in one compressed (ZIP) folder.
QOF business rules v 15.0 - updated September 2009
Please note there is only one version of the rule-sets. Rule-sets for 4 byte systems have not been published.
Changes to QOF business rule-sets are outlined in this Excel spreadsheet.
Download rulesets v 15.0 in one compressed (ZIP) folder
4 byte is available on request.
QOF business rules v14 - updated 17 June 2009
Minor change to Sexual Health, Indicator 3, Rule 1. This rule-set now appears as version 14.1.
Donwload Read code v0 in one compressed (ZIP) folder
Download Read code v2, CTV3, SNOMED-CT in one compressed (ZIP) folder