ABPI Practice Questions Unit 1

Question 1

What is the function of a Commissioning Support Unit?

Select one:
A. To support the CCG 
B. To support the CQC
C. To support the HWB
D. To support the AHSNs

Answer 1

A. To support the CCG

Question 2

Patients rights are an important aspect of the NHS and include:

Select one:
A. access to any drug clinically appropriate to your need
B. input into how the local CCGs allocate their funds
C. to receive from your local GP any medicine that NICE has coded as ‘red’
D. to have it explained to you if it is decided by the local NHS not to fund a drug that you and your doctor feels would be right for you

Answer 2

D. to have it explained to you if it is decided by the local NHS not to fund a drug that you and your doctor feels would be right for you

Question 3

Seven principles guide the NHS, underpinned by core values. Which of the following are included in these principles?

1. Access to NHS services is based on clinical need and not the ability to pay
2. The NHS is accountable to the Secretary of State
3. The NHS aspires to put patients at the heart of everything it does
4. The NHS is accountable to the public, communities and patients that it serves

Select one:
A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 1, 3 and 4 only
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer 3

C. 1, 3 and 4 only

Question 4

What is a Vanguard Site?

Select one:
A. A social care provider chosen to be integrated into the NHS under the Five Year Forward View
B. A CCG which has succeeded in delivering improvements in NHS Mandate goals within budget
C. A healthcare provider that demonstrates excellence in meeting the goals of the NHS Mandate
D. A care provider chosen to develop new care models in accordance with the Five Year Forward View

Answer 4

D. A care provider chosen to develop new care models in accordance with the Five Year Forward View

Question 5

Who is accountable for delivering the nine National Health and Wellbeing Outcomes in Scotland?

Select one:
A. Local Authorities
B. Regional NHS Boards
C. Health Improvement Scotland Incorrect
D. NHS Boards and Local Authorities are jointly accountable

Answer 5

D. NHS Boards and Local Authorities are jointly accountable

Question 6

A patient living in Wales would:

Select one:
A. not pay prescription charges and have rights protected by the NHS constitution
B. not pay prescription charges and receive primary and secondary care via Health Boards
C. not pay prescription charges depending on means testing but would be eligible to access the patient access scheme
D. not pay prescription charges depending on means testing and have any independent healthcare regulated by the healthcare Inspectorate Wales

Answer 6

B. not pay prescription charges and receive primary and secondary care via Health Boards

Question 7

In Scotland, Regional NHS Boards are responsible for all of the following except:

Select one:
A. commissioning
B. general practice
C. community pharmacists
D. monitoring of quality of care

Answer 7

D. monitoring of quality of care

Question 8

The NHS and local councils have come together covering all of England to develop proposals to improve health and care. They have formed new collaboratives to build on collaborative work that began under the Delivering the Forward View and the NHS Operational and Planning Guidance to support implementation of the Five Year Forward View. These collaboratives are called:

Select one:
A. Health and Well Being Boards
B. Primary Care Federations
C. Sustainability and Transformation partnerships 
D. New Models of Care (Vanguards)

Answer 8

C. Sustainability and Transformation partnerships

Question 9

Which of the following NHS organisations is not part of the monitoring and regulation function within the NHS?

Select one:
A. Care Quality Commission
B. Health & Wellbeing Boards
C. Healthwatch England
D. NHS Improvement

Answer 9

B. Health & Wellbeing Boards

Question 10

An independent consumer champion for health and social care in England exists and is:

Select one:
A. Department of Health and Social Care
B. Monitor Incorrect
C. Healthwatch England
D. NHS England

Answer 10

C. Healthwatch England

Question 11

Clinical Senates play a key role in the commissioning process by:

Select one:
A. providing funding from fundraising
B. regulating CCGs
C. providing clinical advice and leadership
D. advising the Department of Health directly

Answer 11

C. providing clinical advice and leadership

Question 12

Which organisation undertakes the development of an annual menu of potential indicators for inclusion in the clinical component of the Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF)

Select one:
A. CCGs
B. Health & Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)
C. NHS Improvement Incorrect
D. NICE

Answer 12

D. NICE

Question 13

Three of the following are on the “list of the national indicators linked to CQUIN incentive payments”; which one is not?

Select one:
A. Staff Flu Vaccinations
B. Stroke 6 Month Reviews
C. Improved Data Quality and Reporting
D. Increased collaboration with primary care colleagues

Answer 13

D. Increased collaboration with primary care colleagues

Question 14

What does the acronym NICE currently stand for?

Select one:
A. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
B. Northern Ireland Health and Care Executive
C. National Institute for Clinical Education
D. National Institute for Clinical Excellence

Answer 14

A. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Question 15

Which of the following organisations provides healthcare?

Select one:
A. NICE
B. CCGs
C. Healthwatch local
D. Rehabilitation services

Answer 15

D. Rehabilitation services

Question 16

Budget for the payment for specialised services is retained by which organisation?

Select one:
A.
NHS England
B.
Department of Health and Social Care Incorrect
C.

Care Quality Commission
D. Local Authorities

Answer 16

A. NHS England