Community Health Partnerships, with devolved responsibilities from NHS boards, will have a central role in co-ordinating and delivering multi-agency services to address the assessed needs of their population, supported by the provisions available to them in the new General Medical Services and pharmacy contracts.The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), introduced on 1 April 2004 as a fundamental part of the new General Medical Contract, is a mechanism for ensuring that groups of people with high levels of coronary heart disease are identified, targeted and receive appropriate preventative treatment.