The NHS gets what it measures – but is it measuring the right things?

This week features a brilliant opinion piece by a Glaswegian General Practitioner in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) calling for the end of an almost ten year experiment called the "Quality Operating Framework" (QOF).
What is this QOF and why is GP Des Spence to be commended:
What is the QOF?
The quality and outcomes framework (QOF) was introduced in April 2004 for the UK National Health Service...