Letters
Financial incentives and GPs
What about the impact on patient health?
BMJ 2007; 335 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39269.437176.DE (Published 12 July 2007) Cite this as: BMJ 2007;335:60
- Mark Strong, clinical lecturer,
- John Radford, director of public health
- Rotherham Primary Care Trust, Rotherham S66 1YY
- m.strong{at}nhs.net
McDonald et al's report of general practitioners' and nurses' views of the quality and outcomes framework (QOF) highlights the “box ticking” nature of this pay-for-performance contract.1 We have therefore proposed that incentives are linked more directly to positive health outcomes.
Rotherham practices achieved highly on the smoking related QOF indicators in both …
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