How does your doctor in Chiswick rank in newly published tables?
For the first time ever figures have been published showing the relative performance of GP's surgeries in England and a Chiswick surgery is one of a small number in the country to achieve a perfect score.
The Wellesley Road surgery managed a score of 100% but there were also close to perfect marks for Dr. Venkatsham's and Dr. Hughes's surgeries at the Chiswick Health Centre and Dr. Bhatt's practise at the Southfield Medical Centre.
The average score achieved nationally was 91% with most local surgeries scoring well above that and thereby gaining bonus payments to help provide funds.
The ranking system which is called the Quality and Outcomes framework is a voluntary process that awards surgeries points for clinical care, patient experience, practice organisation and extra services, such as child immunisations, it may offer.
GPs' payments are calculated based on how many points they score out of a possible 1,050, each point earning surgeries £77.50. The final sum paid to practices is also adjusted to take account of their workload and the relative health of patients in their area.
Health Minister Lord Warner congratulated GPs saying, "The high scores show that the new GP contract we put in place last year is proving successful in giving practices a real incentive to improve the quality of care for NHS patients and to provide a wide range of services locally."
NHS Alliance chairman Dr Michael Dixon said, " we should all be proud of what GPs and primary care have achieved. General practice in this country is the envy of the world and we should celebrate it.”
The high scores achieved by GPs could mean further financial problems for local Primary Care Trusts as they mean that an extra £200 million will have to be found to pay bonuses compared to what was expected.
Some GPs have expressed concerns that the tables may be an unfair way to compare surgeries and will mislead people about the best place to get quality care.
| Doctor's Name | Surgery Name | Address | QOF Total Points Achieved | TOTAL QOF POINTS ACHIEVED / AVAILABLE POINTS % | |
| BURBIDGE NV | The Wellesley Rd Surgery | 7 Wellesley Road Chiswick | W4 4BJ | 1,050.0 | 100.0% |
| VENKATESHAM G | Chiswick Health Centre | Fishers Lane Chiswick | W4 1RX | 1,046.0 | 99.6% |
| BHATT VB | Southfield Medical Centre | 89 Southfield Road Bedford Park | W4 1BB | 1,044.7 | 99.5% |
| HUGHES GV | The Chiswick Health Ctr | Fishers Lane Chiswick | W4 1RX | 1,044.1 | 99.4% |
| WILLIAMS GM | Grove Park Terrace Surg. | 25 Grove Park Terrace Chiswick | W4 3JL | 1,041.4 | 99.2% |
| KUKULSKI Z | Crossley House Surgery | Sutton Lane North Chiswick | W4 4HF | 1,039.3 | 99.0% |
| HUNT SM | Grove Park Surgery | 95 Burlington Lane Chiswick | W4 3ET | 1,035.0 | 98.6% |
| WEBER AM | Southfield Medical Centre | 89 Southfield Road Bedford Park | W4 1BB | 1,030.7 | 98.2% |
| GARDINER CA | 1 Glebe Street | Chiswick | W4 2BD | 1,017.0 | 96.9% |
| HEINSHEIMER RJ | Chiswick Health Centre | Fishers Lane Chiswick | W4 1RX | 1,016.9 | 96.8% |
| MOUSSA R | Chiswick Health Centre | Fishers Lane Chiswick | W4 1RX | 1,005.3 | 95.7% |
| THAKRAR NA | Holly Road Medical Centre | 2A Holly Road Chiswick | W4 1NU | 1,005.0 | 95.7% |
| YIN SOE MYAT | 253 Acton Lane | Bedford Park Chiswick | W4 5DG | 885.8 | 84.4% |
| KEEN JW | The Bedford Park Surgery | 55 South Parade Bedford Park | W4 5LH | 484.1 | 46.1% |
September 2, 2005
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