Among 106,904 maternal admissions, understaffing by registered midwives was associated with an 11% increase in harmful incidents. https://t.co/8n5KdiIfWo latest from @turnel@arc_wessex@HSciences@HSciences
NEW: Lower nurse staffing in A&E is associated with delays in patients receiving treatments and poor quality care - including an increase in leaving without being seen, delay in accessing treatments and medications, and cardiac arrest. @JdaDrennan https://t.co/0iDEAyt6wE
Thank you to everyone who’s watched our latest Panorama and engaged in discussion about how maternity care can be improved.
If you’ve not managed to watch it yet, it’s on the iPlayer.
https://t.co/oVQuBiWfbp
A final plea: if you are an RN/RMHN working in Mental Health - please tell us about your work life and views. We want to be able to tell employers & policy makers how things are, and what needs to change to make work lives better in this important sector.
Closes on 28 Jan. 🙏
Interested in developing your academic career in health workforce? Take a look at the posts currently being advertised @HSciences@unisouthampton - an opportunity to join one of the top teams in the UK (indeed the world) on the sunny South Coast https://t.co/jHoNkxoiVb
A very worthwhile pledge as we see in the new year, very proud of our marathon runner in the making! hope the next 14 weeks training go smoothly https://t.co/oveDAWGkOy
The first paper from my PhD is now available! 🎉
What factors do nurses consider as important when choosing their shift patterns? Take a look at our analysis of nurses' preferences for working time: https://t.co/50yQlsGYIE
@ora_dall@workforcesoton @ZEjebu
#safestaffing
We have the evidence. We don’t need to keep proving that not having enough RNs is dangerous.
It’s time to act, to safeguard nursing for the benefit of all patients. https://t.co/zGr9v67Rbq
Birthrate Plus® is widely used to guide safe staffing in maternity services - a lot has been written about it, but in what sense is it an 'evidence-based' method? In terms of traditional hierarchies of evidence, the evidence is weak. https://t.co/dKhIKbDaHy
Our recent studies have shown that low allied health professional staffing is associated with higher mortality https://t.co/tDsj1fSOtb, but overall there is very little research https://t.co/clVxGSN37t