QOF points:
The QOF points system is used by the government to reward your family doctor for doing the job which they have already been paid to do... that is to care for your health for which your GP will receive a salary of approximately 106,000 per year.[1]
The government removes the ability of the GP to decide on clinical issues, by creating the guidelines to meet government targets and declaring them to be mandatory.

● QOF is an acronym for the Quality & Outcomes Framework

● QOF points are 1050 points (targets) by which your GP gets paid a bonus

● Every QOF point met means an extra £120 to your family doctor

● The average extra payment made to GP practices in one year is £121,260 for 1010.5 QOF points.

● Statins fall into the clinical domain which is worth 550 QOF points or £66,000

● Annual average extra payments for this domain were for 534.2 QOF points or £64,104

● GPs are being paid substantial bonuses to medicate people with statins... for life

● Add average QOF points to average GP salary results in £227,260 for single-handed GP

● The QOF system is now a part of every GP contract and the guidelines are mandatory

● GPs are being paid to meet targets rather than think for themselves or what is really best for their patients

● The government cholesterol treatment targets are based on junk science

● GPs are kept in line by huge bonus payments being paid on top of their excellent salaries

● Losing £64,104 from the annual practice income (if targets are not met) is unlikely to be a voluntary GP choice

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Average pay for GP's