Performance-related pay — a false idol?
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Performance-related pay — a false idol?

Chris Betts , Hospital Manager at the Childrens Trust, Tadworth

The government has been encouraging the introduction of performance-related pay in the health service. But, as Chris Betts reports, there are problems with such schemes in an area where performance cannot be easily measured

The application of performance-related pay (PRP) throughout the public sector has I increased in the past decade in response to the government’s growing emphasis on value for money and market forces.

Nursing Standard. 9, 18, 52-53. doi: 10.7748/ns.9.18.52.s68

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