title: Improving health visitor emollient prescribing using a CQUIN-based approach.
abstract: Prescribing is an essential element of health visiting practice. This initiative used the payment framework of Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) to develop health visiting practice across a large health visiting workforce in the East Midlands. A focus on emollient prescribing practice was agreed and a guidance booklet regarding preferred emollient products was produced, based on the local formulary Each health visitor benefitted from receiving additional training and was given a guidance booklet to inform their practice. Targets were set for each quarter to demonstrate an improved prescribing adherence to the preferred product list.The targets were achieved for each quarter. Prescribing rates and confidence improved across the service. Therefore, it was demonstrated that specific guidance and ongoing support can improve prescribing practice within the health visiting service.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Tejas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Khatau
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards*; D004485:Eczema / Q000188:drug therapy; D004643:Emollients / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D064691:Nurses, Community Health / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D004643:Emollients