Recently Registered or Recently Diagnosed Exceptions

Recently registered or diagnosed patients are excluded from individual QOF/QAIF indicators:

• Recently Registered - Patients registered in last three or nine months (criteria varies by denominator) prior to the next 1^st April (1^st October in Wales).
• Recently Diagnosed - Patients with a new diagnosis in the last three or nine months (criteria varies by denominator) prior to next 1^st April (1^st October in Wales).

Where a partnership changes, patients may have to be transferred within the practice. In Registration there is a Partnership Reallocation option, this does not change the acceptance date. Integrated Care Board (ICB) or Health Board (HB) confirmation should be obtained to ensure there are no problems with date restrictions, for example, if patients were registered prior to a new GP's start date.