FoI Number
2024-253
Subject
Performance Based Contracts
Date Received
09/08/2024
Request and Response
  1. Are performance-based contracts being utilized in the broadly defined healthcare sector in your Health Board?

No, NHS Shetland has no Performance Based Contracts

  1. If so, what specific cases of such contracts can be identified?
  2. Will the number of such contracts increase, decrease, or remain the same in the future?
  3. Have there been any legal proceedings or court rulings related to such contracts?
  4. If so, what specific cases of such legal proceedings or court rulings can be identified?
  5. Do these contracts improve the quality of healthcare services?
  6. Are such contracts positively evaluated?
  7. Are these contracts available for analysis? I would like to analyse the specific Performance Indicators used in these contracts.
  8. Is there any specific legislation that provides the legal basis for entering into such contracts for healthcare services? In other words, what is the legal basis for entering into such contracts in the healthcare sector?