Ranking of Local GPs Published

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How does your local surgery in Ealing rank?

For the first time ever figures have been published showing the relative performance of GP's surgeries in England.

The average score achieved nationally was 91% with some local surgeries scoring well above that and thereby gaining bonus payments to help provide funds.

The top ranked local surgery was that of Dr. Naish of Hanwell, closely followed by several other surgeries scoring over 99%. Dr Naish collected 1,046.1 of the 1,050 available points. The Borough average was 92.5%, compared to 91.5% in Hammersmith and 92.7% in Hounslow.

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 o 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 %
NAISH R	Hanwell Health Centre	20 Church Road Hanwell	W7 1DR	1,046.1	99.6%
SOLDINI M	Gordon House Surgery	Mattock Lane Health Ctr.78 Mattock Lane	W13 9NZ	1,044.8	99.5%
ALLAN SE	Queens Walk Practice	6 Queens Walk Ealing	W5 1TP	1,042.9	99.3%
COWEN DS	Northfields Surgery	61 Northfield Avenue Ealing	W13 9QP	1,041.9	99.2%
LAUDER AD	10 Corfton Road	Ealing	W5 2HS	1,040.5	99.1%
EVANS DCM	The Florence Road Surgery	26 Florence Road Ealing	W5 3TX	1,037.6	98.8%
STEWART RC	Hanwell Health Centre	20 Church Road Hanwell	W7 1DR	1,037.1	98.8%
BAYER JM	102 The Avenue	West Ealing	W13 8LA	1,032.5	98.3%
DHILLON G	The Argyle Surgery	128 Argyle Road West Ealing	W13 8ER	1,032.1	98.3%
LEWIS NF	Brunswick Road Med.Ctr.	75 Brunswick Road Ealing	W5 1AQ	1,029.3	98.0%
JONES MR	104 Boileau Road	Ealing	W5 3AJ	1,025.9	97.7%
FARLEY KL	Ealing Park Health Centre	195A South Ealing Road Ealing	W5 4RH	1,015.7	96.7%
DASOJU R	Grosvenor House	147 The Broadway West Ealing	W13 9BJ	1,014.0	96.6%
CUCKOO LANE SURGERY	Cuckoo Lane Surgery	14 Cuckoo Lane Hanwell	W7 3EY	1,013.4	96.5%
VALENTINE SHC	209 Pitshanger Lane	Ealing	W5 1RQ	992.7	94.5%
PATEL BR	438 Greenford Avenue	Hanwell	W7 3DD	980.9	93.4%
LEONARD CJ	Elthorne Park Surgery	106 Elthorne Park RoadHanwell	W7 2JJ	977.5	93.1%
AL-HASANI H	9 Lynwood Road	Ealing	W5 1JQ	935.2	89.1%
FREEMAN AL	Greenford Ave Medical Ctr	322 Greenford Avenue Hanwell	W7 3AH	926.1	88.2%
GYI KK	Mattock Lane Health Ctr.	78 Mattock LaneWest Ealing	W13 9NZ	883.9	84.2%
SAHOTA OS	Hanwell Health Centre	20 Church Road Hanwell	W7 1DR	842.6	80.2%
LAU PHH	55 Coldershaw Road	West Ealing	W13 9EA	829.1	79.0%
KARUNARATNE WM	St David's Clinic	2 Bramley Road Ealing	W5 4SS	783.6	74.6%

 

September 9, 2005