NIHR, April 2019
This NIHR themed review brings together recent NIHR-funded research looking at the evidence around how many staff are needed on wards and how managing them is key to the safety and efficiency of hospitals.
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Category: Patient Safety
Improving patient safety through collaboration: a rapid review of the academic health science networks’ patient safety collaboratives
The ASHN Network, March 2019
This report discusses the progress and impact made by England’s Patient Safety Collaboratives (PSCs) in their first four years. It was commissioned by The AHSN Network and written by The King’s Fund. The report notes how interest is shifting from supporting the improvement of individual services to improving how different services work together in local systems. It highlights the role the PSC programme has had in creating a movement for change and cultivating a shared vision among health and care organisations. It also suggests some areas PSCs and national NHS bodies could focus on to further support innovation, quality improvement and patient safety.
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