25th April 2016

Dental quality and outcomes framework (DQOF): 2016 to 2017

The Department of Health has published details of the DQOF indicators to be used to measure performance of the existing pilots and new dental contract prototypes in 2016 to 2017.

The 2016-17 DQOF points allocations to different domains are as follows:

  • Patient safety – 100 points
  • Clinical effectiveness – 500 points
  • Patient experience – 300 points
  • Data quality – 100 points.

Access the document here