Health professionals (particulrly doctors) will give a quality service, within the framework provided, because they are conscientious and are vocationally driven.
Dangling financial carrots and piece rates (e.g. QOF points) are unecessary and insulting. They only patronise the good doctors, and distract any bad ones.
What is required is an equitable and satisfactory remuneration structure which recognises the knowledge, skills and competence of these people and ensures that they are adequately rewarded for their contribtion and are equipped to work effectively in the deployment of their skills.

Alex Grieve, Broom, Warks

re eddie reader.Because the government nationalised our work

dr jonathan, birmingham,

GP's are self-employed businesses that have the NHS as a customer - why is the government paying their pensions as if they were employees?
Yet another medical scam?

eddie reader, birmingham, uk