Evidence and Resources Library

Staff 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.

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.

Exploring the relationship between patients experiences of care and the influence of staff motivation, affect and wellbeing

This study shows the links between patients' experiences of health care and staff experiences at work such as staff motivation and wellbeing at work.

Do Schwartz Center Rounds work in English hospitals?

This article evaluates the pilot of Schwartz Rounds in two hospitals, showing that they are as effective in the UK as they are in the USA.

Enabling compassionate care in acute hospital settings

The Point of Care programme held a workshop in 2009 to explore what we mean by compassion; what stops it; what might enable it. We invited health professionals, academics and others who had written on or researched compassion, and we produced a report.

Seeing 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.

Do associations between staff and inpatient feedback have the potential for improving patient experience? An analysis of surveys in NHS acute trusts in England

This study examines staff and inpatient feedback to show that high quality patient care is associated with positive staff experience.

Building the business case for patient-centered care

This article demonstrates that patient-centered care has the potential to produce safer and more cost-effective care.

Organisational culture and quality of health care

This paper explores the nature of organisational culture, particularly when applied to complex health systems.

Social systems as a defense against anxiety