title: Primary care. The only way is up.
abstract: Despite posting the country's lowest score in 2004-05, the quality and outcomes framework of the new GMS contract has helped Bradford City teaching PCT focus and improve on key areas. The QOF is tough on deprived inner-city areas, where practices are often single-handed, with unsuitable premises and low levels of supporting staff. The introduction of practice-based action plans, as demonstrated in Bradford, could help inner-city practices score significantly better in 2005-06.
authors.affiliation: Primary Care, Bradford City Teaching PCT.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thatcher
authors.forename: Will
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hand
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dickson
mesh_terms: D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom