Using contractual incentives in district nursing in the English NHS: results from a qualitative study

Husband, Pete; Petsoulas, Christina; Allen, Pauline; Horrocks, Susan; Pollard, Katherine; Duncan, Lorna; Gibbard, Emma; Wye, Lesley; McDonald, Ruth; Cook, Jane; Husband, Christopher

Abstract

© 2018 The author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Since 2008, health policy in England has been focusing increasingly on improving quality in healthcare services. To ensure quality improvements in community nursing, providers are required to meet several quality targets, including an incentive scheme known as Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN). This paper reports on a study of how financial incentives are used in district nursing, an area of care which is particularly difficult to measure and monitor.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 25, 2017
• Publication Date: Apr 16, 2018
• Deposit Date: Oct 16, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 22, 2018
• Journal: Public Money and Management
• Print ISSN: 0954-0962
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-9302
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 223-232
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2017.1402543
• Keywords: district nursing, England, financial incentives, health policy, NHS
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/877783
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2017.1402543
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Public Money and Management on 19th December 2017, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2017.1402543.
• Contract Date: Oct 16, 2017