QOF Year End CQRS Actions & Updates
The purpose of this update is to assist practices to prepare for key activities supporting accurate QOF 2024/25 Achievement and 2025/26 Aspiration calculations.
Introduction
Under the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), GPES collects for NHS England information about General Practice (GP) achievements which is used within CQRS to calculate the GP payments for the current financial year, and to set the aspirational payments for the following year.
QOF achievement information will be collected on 1st and 2nd April 2025. Other QOF reporting collections run throughout the year, but data collected in other months of the year are not used in the payment calculation.
Year-end actions required
To prepare for QOF achievement information collection at year-end, practices are required to complete several actions by the deadlines indicated:
| Action | Deadline |
|
28th February 2025 |
|
30th March 2025 |
|
30th March 2025 |
|
30th March 2025 |
If these actions are not completed by the deadline:
- Overall achievement information cannot be collected
- Payments cannot be calculated and made
- Aspiration payments for the following year cannot be calculated and made
Expected QOF 2025 Calculation Timetable
The below timetable shows the planned dates for the upcoming QOF year-end calculation. Please note, these dates are subject to receiving all the data and relevant NHSE approvals.
| Participation extracted from CQRS | Monday 31st March |
| GP System Data Extractions Window | Tuesday 1st April to Wednesday 2nd April |
| Prevalence Calculation & checks | Thursday 3rd April & Friday 4th April |
| Achievement and Aspiration calculations | Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th April |
| Achievement available to view and declare in CQRS | Tuesday 8th April |
We are expecting to distribute a further update on Thursday 3rd April to inform practices if the data collection has been successful. It will also advise what action needs to be taken to receive payment if your data is not available in CQRS.
- You will be notified when within the CQRS system once your practice’s achievement has been calculated. Once complete, you are able to run the achievement summary report for QOF to view your achievement. Guidance is available in the FAQs on our website.
Documents to assist you
The following documents on our Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) – CSU Collaborative & CQRS webpage will help you complete the year-end actions:
- Year-end checklist
- Frequently asked questions – This contains information about Manual Indicators
Further comms will be issued regarding submission of the manual indicators.
Year-end user support
Contact your commissioning organisation and clinical system supplier if you cannot see information from a collection in CQRS by the date given, or it is different to the information in your clinical system.
The following channels are available for further year-end related enquiries:
| CQRS Support Team: | support@cqrs.co.uk, 0330 124 4039, 8am-6pm Mon-Fri (excl. bank holidays). |
| Calculations, Contract & Policy queries (NHS England): | england.gpcontracts@nhs.net (queries about policy that CQRS calculates)
england.primarycaresupportservices@nhs.net (escalations relating to the CQRS service) |
| Training: | CQRS Training |
| System: | CQRS log in |
| Web: | CQRS |
If you cannot see information from a collection in CQRS by the date given, or it is different to the information in your clinical system, please contact your clinical system supplier.
