Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) payment framework
The CQUIN payment framework enables commissioners to reward excellence, by linking a proportion of English healthcare providers' income to the achievement of local quality improvement goals. Since the first year of the CQUIN framework (2009/10), many CQUIN schemes have been developed and agreed. This is a developmental process for everyone and you are encouraged to share your schemes (and any supporting information on the process you used) to meet the requirement for transparency and support improvement in schemes over time.
Department of Health guidance
- Guidance on the CQUIN payment framework
- NHS Operating Framework
- The NHS Standard Contracts and supporting guidance
CQUIN schemes (shared by local organisations)
- 2012/13 schemes
- 2011/12 schemes
- 2010/11 schemes Summary of Indicators
- 2009/10 schemes Summary of Indicators
- Standard template for CQUIN schemes 2011/12
- Part-populated standard template for national goals 2011/12
- Exemplar CQUIN goals
- Regionally developed goals for use in local CQUIN schemes
Information on the DH Patient Experience CQUIN Tool (Feb 2012) (52.00 KB)
Old resources
- Illustrative example CQUIN schemes 2010/11 acute and mental health
- Standard template for CQUIN schemes 2010/11
- "What makes a really good CQUIN scheme" (July 2009)
- Quality incentive schemes that pre-date the CQUIN framework
- Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) national workstreams: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Qualityandproductivity/index.htm
- NHS Evidence – Quality and Productivity:
www.evidence.nhs.uk/qualityandproductivity - Indicators for Quality Improvement:
www.ic.nhs.uk/mqi - NICE Quality Standards:
http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qualitystandards/qualitystandards.jsp - Department of Health mailbox for queries on the NHS Standard Contracts:
contractshelp@dh.gsi.gov.uk
We are not held responsible or liable for this published information on behalf of the Department of Health. For any questions and queries relating to this information please your Strategic Health Authority lead.
