Asthma: annual review (higher risk patients)

This consultation presents new and updated indicators on:

• Asthma
• Infections
• Chronic heart failure
• Weight management
• Cervical screening

We welcome comments from stakeholders. Feedback from this consultation will be reviewed by the NICE Indicator Advisory Committee in September 2025. The introduction section outlines questions that may be useful to consider.

The proposed indicators may change following consultation.

If you have any questions about this consultation, please contact the NICE Indicator Team (indicators@nice.org.uk).

General practice indicators may be assessed as suitable for inclusion in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF). QOF forms part of the GMS contract, the content of QOF is determined by annual negotiations between NHS England and the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee. NICE have no role in these negotiations.

How we develop indicators and the purpose of the consultation

All NICE indicators are developed in accordance with the NICE indicator process guide. A key part of this process is giving stakeholders the opportunity to comment on the proposed indicators and their intended use.

How to comment

You should read both the consultation document and the accompanying evidence (see the committee papers) before making any comments.

You must make your comments directly onto the online version of the consultation document. When you go into the document you will find instructions on how to use the commenting software. You can also review and edit your comments before you submit them.

You can download a PDF version of the consultation document, but you can only make comments on the online version.

If you wish to comment on this consultation, please create and activate a NICE Account first at https://accounts.nice.org.uk/register

You can then sign into the consultations area via the draft indicator (online commenting) link.

• Draft consultation on new and updated NICE indicators: GID-IND10330 to GID-IND10335 & IND321 to IND315
• Equality and health inequalities assessment (EHIA): GID-IND10330: Infections: delayed antibiotic prescribing
• Equality and health inequalities assessment (EHIA): IND323: Infections: scoring tools for sore throat
• Equality and health inequalities assessment (EHIA): IND317: Heart failure: 4 pillars (HFrEF)
• Equality and health inequalities assessment (EHIA): IND320 Weight management: BMI recording (long term conditions)
• Equality and health inequalities assessment (EHIA): IND318: Heart failure: ejection fraction category (newly diagnosed)
• Equality and health inequalities assessment (EHIA): IND321 Screening: cervical screening (25 to 64 years)
• Equality and health inequalities assessment (EHIA): IND315 Asthma: annual review (high risk patients)
• Equality and health inequalities assessment (EHIA): IND316 MART (high risk patients)

Closing date for comments: 5pm,Thursday 31 July 2025