Our Practitioner Performance Advice Service has published new and revised resources to promote fairness and proportionality in decision making when managing and resolving performance concerns. The revised Framework has the same five Principles but the format has been amended based on feedback from stakeholders.
We have also published an Insight publication which shares findings from an evaluation of the Fairness and Proportionality Framework, highlighting how it has been used in practice, what difference it is making and how our revised resources respond to what organisations told us they need.
Access our Fairness and Proportionality resources:
- Revised Fairness and Proportionality Framework
- Case studies
- Insight publication sharing evaluation findings
- Previous version of the Framework (which can be used as an audit tool)
What evaluation participants said about the Framework:
We have improved our communication and documentation and now spend more time clarifying the nature of the concerns at the outset.
Keeping the practitioner fully informed from the outset helps ensure there are no misunderstandings or surprises at a later date.
Why we are sharing this:
We invite healthcare organisations to:
- Make use of the revised resources to prioritise fairness, proportionality and consistency in their decision making for practitioners to improve the local management of performance concerns.
- Learn from how other organisations have used the Framework.
- Share the revised resources and Insight with colleagues as evidence of their value to local management of performance concerns.
- Use the case studies with colleagues to embed knowledge and understanding of the benefits of the Principles and Framework.
Practitioner Performance Advice Service resources:
You can access other publications in our Insight series which cover a wide range of subjects, including exclusion and practitioner demographics.
If you are interested in hearing more about our research and insights programme, please get in touch with us at nhsr.adviceresearchandevaluation@nhs.net or sign up to receive insights by email.
