Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 127649

General Practitioners: Incentives

Tabled: 15 April 2026
Answered: 21 April 2026
Named Day

Question

Claire Young

Liberal DemocratThornbury and Yate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) payments and (b) incentives are made to General practitioners in respect of removing patients from waiting lists who have failed to respond to communications.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is an optional pay-for-performance scheme that financially rewards practices for the quality of care they provide to their patients. It has been developed in accordance with National Institute for Health and Care E...

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