Table 1.

QOF COPD indicators (2006–7)

Indicator	Details	Points available
COPD 1	The practice can produce a register of patients with COPD	3
COPD 8	The percentage of patients with COPD who have had influenza immunisation in the preceding 1 September to 31 March	6
COPD 9	The percentage of all patients with COPD in whom diagnosis has been confirmed by spirometry including reversibility testing	10
COPD 10	The percentage of patients with COPD with a record of FeV1 in the previous 15 months	7
COPD 11	The percentage of patients with COPD receiving inhaled treatment in whom there is a record that inhaler technique has been checked in the previous 15 months	7

Notes: indicators numbered COPD 2–7 were included in previous years' contracts and are now redundant. Points are worth approximately £124 for an average practice.