Evidence and Resources Library

• Jocelyn Cornwell Patient Experience Journal 01 April 2015 Evidence

  Reframing the work on patient experience improvement

  This article that patient experience needs to be viewed as a primary goal in healthcare alongside other aspects such as quality and safety, rather than as an isolated aim.

• Glenn Robert et al BMJ 10 February 2015 Evidence

  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.

• Bev Fitzsimons 04 June 2014 Evidence

  PFCC programme report

  This report describes the goals of the programme which ran with fifteen teams in 11 NHS organisations across England and Wales from January 2012 to November 2013.

• 12 November 2013 Film

  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.

• 01 November 2013 Case study

  Patient and carer empowerment: a children’s asthma improvement project

  This case study explores how the University Hospital of North Staffordshire used the patient and family centred care (PFCC) methodology to improve patient, family, and staff experience of asthma care and to address barriers to quality care.

• 01 November 2013 Case study

  Best care for our mothers and fathers

  This case study explores how the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, Wales used the patient and family centred care (PFCC) methodology to improve the quality of care for elderly patients admitted with a broken hip.

• 01 November 2013 Case study

  Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

  This case study explores how the Multidisciplinary Outpatient Review Clinic for Boys with DMD at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust used the patient and family centred care (PFCC) methodology to improve patient experiences of the 3-4 hour long visit to the clinic.

• 01 November 2013 Case study

  Diabetes foot care project

  This case study explores how Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in Newport, Wales used the patient and family centred care (PFCC) methodology to improve the care experience for patients who were admitted with diabetic foot problems.

• 01 November 2013 Case study

  Pediatric asthma: improving patient and staff experience

  This case study explores how a pediatric team at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, West Midlands, England, used the patient and family centred care (PFCC) methodology to improve patient and staff experience of asthma treatment.

• 01 November 2013 Case study

  Improving the experience of patients with COPD

  This case study explores a patient and family centred care (PFCC) project undertaken by a team from Hywel Dda Health Board in Pembrokeshire, Wales in an attempt to to improve the discharge experience for patients with COPD.