Evidence and Resources
Our evidence and resources library contains links to all the evidence that underpins our work, as well as practical resources for healthcare professionals.
Featured evidence
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15 January 2014 ReportStaff care: How to engage staff in the NHS and why it matters
Our inaugural report argues that caring about people working in healthcare is the key to developing a caring, compassionate health service. Moreover, it argues that supporting staff should be a central driver in improving patient care, productivity and financial performance.
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03 December 2008 ReportSeeing the person in the patient
The report introduces current debates and dilemmas in relation to patients’ experience of care in hospital, presents our view of the factors that shape that experience, and assesses the evidence to support various interventions that are designed to tackle the problems.
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30 March 2015 ReportResilience: a framework for supporting hospice staff to flourish in stressful times
In 2013 Hospice UK commissioned The Point of Care Foundation to write a report about the causes of stress for hospice staff, in response to the report issued by the Commission into the Future of Hospice Care.
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21 July 2017 ReportBehind Closed Doors
This briefing highlights the latest evidence on NHS staff, their experience at work, the pressures they face and the consequences for patients. The Point of Care Foundation believes that it’s critically important that NHS employers pay attention to staff and their experience at work because when staff feel positive and engaged with work it has a positive impact on patient experience.
Featured resources
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05 April 2016 Case study
Ken Schwartz’s Story
In 1994 a health attorney called Ken Schwartz was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. During his treatment, he found that what mattered to him most as a patient were the simple acts of kindness from his caregivers, which he said made “the unbearable bearable.”
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04 April 2016 Toolkit
EBCD: Experience-based co-design toolkit
The toolkit includes short videos from staff and patients involved in experience-based co-design (EBCD) projects to help bring to life the successes and intense rewards of running this type of improvement project.
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04 April 2016 Toolkit
PFCC: Patient and Family-Centred Care toolkit
This toolkit is a step-by-step guide to improving processes of care and staff–patient interactions. It offers a simple way for organisations to show their commitment to patients’ experience while also motivating the staff who deliver that care.
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02 November 2016 Video
Why might good people deliver bad care?
This TED talk exposes the uncomfortable truth that caring is hard, emotional work. The emotional labour of healthcare professionals needs to be recognised and accounted for by management practice in the same way that we acknowledge and account for physical labour.
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12 November 2013 Video
Dr Kieran Sweeney talks about his experiences as a cancer patient
Dr Kieran Sweeny talks about his experience of receiving a terminal diagnosis of cancer. Kieran notices that the staff appear hesitant to tell him directly that he is going to die, only finding out the truth when reading his discharge letter at home. Kieran reflects on possible reasons behind the care that he received.
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01 December 2016 Video
Involving people with learning disabilities – Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
A Learning Disabilities service in Leicester found that EBCD was the ideal way to bring together users, families and staff to share experiences of care and design and implement change.