Analysing the implementation and effects of safe staffing policies in acute hospitals
Analysing the implementation and effects of safe staffing policies in acute hospitals
Several high-profile inquiries and reports, including the Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, by Sir Robert Francis QC, have identified that nurse staffing is an essential factor in patient safety and patient mortality rates. Since the Francis report, several policies and initiatives aimed at ensuring safe staffing in the NHS have been developed alongside guidance and evidence-based safe staffing tools, while the Care Quality Commission has been tasked with ensuring compliance with these policies. In 2015, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme commissioned research to examine the extent to which safe staffing policies have translated into practice locally in the NHS. This article summarises and examines the main findings of this research and suggests that, although policies have raised the profile of nurse staffing, nursing shortages have impeded their implementation.
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Ball, Jane
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2 June 2020
Ball, Jane
85ac7d7a-b21e-42fd-858b-78d263c559c1
Ball, Jane
(2020)
Analysing the implementation and effects of safe staffing policies in acute hospitals.
Nursing Management, 27 (3), .
(doi:10.7748/nm.2020.e1904).
Abstract
Several high-profile inquiries and reports, including the Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, by Sir Robert Francis QC, have identified that nurse staffing is an essential factor in patient safety and patient mortality rates. Since the Francis report, several policies and initiatives aimed at ensuring safe staffing in the NHS have been developed alongside guidance and evidence-based safe staffing tools, while the Care Quality Commission has been tasked with ensuring compliance with these policies. In 2015, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme commissioned research to examine the extent to which safe staffing policies have translated into practice locally in the NHS. This article summarises and examines the main findings of this research and suggests that, although policies have raised the profile of nurse staffing, nursing shortages have impeded their implementation.
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Analysing the implementation and effects of safe staffing policies in acute hospitals
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Accepted/In Press date: 10 February 2020
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Published date: 2 June 2020
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