Implementation, impact and costs of policies for safe staffing in acute NHS trusts.
by Ball, Jane; Barker, Hannah; Griffiths, Peter; Jones, Jeremy; Lawless, Jane; Burton, Christopher; Couch, Rob; Rycroft-Malone, Jo.Southampton University; Bangor University.
Series: National Institute for Health Research - Policy Research Programme - Project ; PR-ST-1115-10017.Publisher: University of Southampton, Southampton : 2019.Description: 224p.ISBN: 9781912431069.Summary: This report finds that hospital wards across the NHS in England are still under staffed and putting patient lives at risk despite new policies coming into force as a result of the 2013 Mid-Staffordshire Inquiry. New workforce guidelines have not led to significant improvements on the hospital wards. According to the study, hospitals are facing major challenges in recruiting and retaining registered nurses with an average vacancy rate reported at ten per cent across the country, with rates as high as 20 per cent in some trusts..Subject(s): NHS | staff levels | patient safety | nurses | staff shortage | staff retention | recruitment | workforce | NHS trusts | guidelines | costs | implementation | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence | survey results | case studies | EnglandDigital copyAvailability: Online access List(s) this item appears in: NHS workforce in England [September 2023] | Patient safety in the NHS [September 2023]
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This report finds that hospital wards across the NHS in England are still under staffed and putting patient lives at risk despite new policies coming into force as a result of the 2013 Mid-Staffordshire Inquiry. New workforce guidelines have not led to significant improvements on the hospital wards. According to the study, hospitals are facing major challenges in recruiting and retaining registered nurses with an average vacancy rate reported at ten per cent across the country, with rates as high as 20 per cent in some trusts.
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