Professor Tim Stokes
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care, University of Birmingham; GP
- Hot topic
QOF changes are ground-breaking and will need monitoring
Dr Tim Stokes explains how the wide-ranging changes in the 2014/15 QOF came about and explores some possible implications for patients and general practitioners
- GMS contract
Rheumatoid arthritis is a new clinical domain for QOF 2013/14
Dr Tim Stokes discusses the revised QOF 2013/14 and the new and revised indicators for COPD, depression, diabetes, hypertension, and rheumatoid arthritis
- GMS contract
Two new clinical domains have been included in the QOF
Professor Tim Stokes discusses the introduction of new clinical indicators in the QOF 2012/13 and also highlights those that have been replaced or refined
- GMS contract
NICE-led QOF process will help to deliver improved indicators
Professor Tim Stokes (left) and Nicola Bent outline the role of NICE in developing the quality and outcomes framework and highlight the changes to the 2011/2012 indicators
- Implementing guidelines
Awareness of coeliac disease needs to be raised among GPs
Dr Tim Stokes (left) and Professor Peter Howdle explain the importance of offering serological testing to patients with suspected coeliac disease in line with NICE guidance
- Implementing guidelines
NICE guidelines will improve referral for suspected cancer
Updated evidence-based guidelines will help GPs to identify those patients who need to be referred for cancer investigations, says Dr Tim Stokes