A key part of improving care quality is ensuring that those who deliver care are themselves well looked after. Our work supporting healthcare staff is led through our stewardship and promotion of Schwartz Rounds in the UK and Ireland. We also conduct research and engagement work to understand and support staff wellbeing across a range of settings.
Supporting healthcare staff
because delivering high quality care is only possible if staff get the practical and emotional support they need
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Blog 26 February 2020
Schwartz Rounds in integrated care: supporting quality improvement and aiding integration
Julian Groves explores how Schwartz Rounds could help integration in new organisations or partnerships delivering health and social care
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News story 19 November 2019
Schwartz Rounds reach the Scilly Isles
The Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust recently held its first Schwartz Round on the Scilly Isles, giving staff there an opportunity to reflect on the unique challenges of working in their small community.
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Blog 09 October 2019
Schwartz Rounds: facilitating staff conversations in the Irish healthcare system
A new evaluation of Schwartz Rounds in Ireland studied the impact of Rounds in different settings within the Irish Health Service. Two of the report's authors, and a member of the National Quality Improvement Team at the Irish Health Service Executive, share some of the learnings from the evaluation.
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Healthcare staff have high sickness absence rates and are highly stressed
The NHS employs 1.3 million people and sickness absence costs the NHS around £2.4bn each year
01 April 2009 Evidence -
High sickness absence is linked to high patient mortality
Trusts with high levels of patient mortality found that these trusts tended to have high rates of sickness absence, particularly among doctors and nurses
16 July 2013 Report -
Engaged staff are significantly less likely to make mistakes
Research shows that doctors and nurses who are engaged make fewer mistakes and that organisations with high engagement are safer for patients
12 October 2015 Evidence -
Staff experience has a direct impact on patients' experience
Research shows that staff affect and wellbeing are the antecedent to patients’ experience i.e. that staff experience impacts on patients’ experience rather than the other way round
01 November 2012 Evidence -
Depression and burnout cause staff to withdraw emotionally
Psychology research shows that with depression in particular, people withdraw, perhaps for their own emotional protection. Burnout is at the extreme end of stress, leading to a lowered sense of personal effectiveness, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalisation
02 February 2015 Evidence -
Targets and regulation create a damaging environment in healthcare organisations
The NHS is dominated by a pacesetting style of leadership which can have an impact on staff sense of control. A good management style can have a positive effect on staff wellbeing
21 May 2014 Report
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