Sweeney Programme
We believe that staff can provide the best care by stepping back and seeing the experiences through the patient’s eyes. Our unique improvement programme equips staff with the tools to do this
More about Sweeney Programme
No one can imagine the unimaginable except those, like me, who are experiencing it
Dr Kieran Sweeney describes his experience of care
- Origins of the Sweeney Programme
Read the powerful account of Dr Kieran Sweeney's experience
- Speak to our team today
Contact programme coordinator Angus Wiltshire to find out more about the programme
- Our impact: The Sweeney Programme
Find out about the impact of our Sweeney Programme
Sweeney Programme End of Life CollaborativeWe are now inviting applications to join a new collaborative programme on end-of-life care
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Patients and staff as codesigners of healthcare services
This article describes how experience-based co-design can be used to ensure that healthcare organisations realise the full potential of patients—the biggest resource they have for improving the quality of care.
10 February 2015 Paper -
Testing accelerated experience-based co-design
A qualitative study of using a national archive of patient experience narrative interviews to promote rapid patient-centred service improvement
04 February 2014 Paper -
What is the potential of patient shadowing as a patient-centred method?
This paper argues that patient shadowing is an effective method for delivering patient-centred care.
10 May 2016 Paper
Evidence of impact
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Blog post 20 July 2018
Introducing the Sweeney Community
We're introducing a new newsletter about our quality improvement work
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Blog post 05 June 2018
‘What matters to you’ day – starting conversations that can transform care
Head of Improvement Bev Fitzsimons and Point of Care Foundation Associate Joanna Goodrich discuss the 'What matters to you' initiative that encourages hospitals to put patients first.
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Blog post 24 May 2018
Dying matters: Living well to the very end
Our Head of Improvement Bev Fitzsimons wrote a blog for NHS England in support of Dying Matters Week (14-18 May) in which she described the work of our end-of-life care collaborative 'Living Well to the Very End'.