The Calculating Quality Reporting Service (CQRS) supports the work of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) in their role as commissioners of local healthcare services.
CQRS National and ICBs
CQRS National facilitates payments in support of the GP contract for Directed Enhanced Services (DES). Its use is a mandatory requirement by NHS England. Information is automatically collected by CQRS from practice clinical records systems through the General Practice Extraction Service (GPES). CQRS calculates a Quality Service Achievement based on the data received, and relevant payments are made.
CQRS Local and ICBs
CQRS Local is a web-based claims management system designed to support the management of local schemes between Commissioners and primary care providers. It is funded by NHS England and is free for Commissioners and primary care providers.
Changes to CQRS following introduction of ICBs
In 2023, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) replaced Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). They have delegated responsibility from NHS England to commission primary medical services under GP contracts and commission Local Enhanced Services (LES).
The Organisation Data Service (ODS) is a national service that manages reference information about organisations that are involved in health and social care in England. These include GP practices and independent sector healthcare providers. Furthermore, the ODS publish and issue unique identification codes for these organisations and their sites and the ODS codes are used in CQRS.
Labelling Changes in CQRS
The introduction of ICBs resulted in labelling changes being made within CQRS, changing CCG to Sub ICB Location and Sustainable Transformation Partnership (STP) to ICB. Additionally, the CQRS team worked closely with NHS England to apply these ODS changes. Subsequently, this ensured that the commissioning relationship to association Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and GP Practices was also updated.