The impact of a large-scale quality improvement programme on work engagement

"The findings demonstrate how QI activities, like those integral to the Productive Ward programme, appear to positively impact on the work engagement (the vigour, absorption and dedication) of ward-based teams."

The impact of a large-scale quality improvement programme on work engagement: Preliminary results from a national cross-sectional-survey of the ‘Productive Ward’
M White, JSG Wells, T Butterworth
International Journal of Nursing Studies 51(12),  2014, pp.1634–1643

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Transforming end of life care in acute hospitals

"This 'how to' guide aims to help clinicians, managers and directors implement The route to success in end of life care more effectively, drawing on valuable learning from the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement's Productive Ward: Releasing time to care (TM) series."

Transforming end of life care in acute hospitals: the route to success 'how to' guide
National End of Life Care Programme
February 2012

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Lessons from the Productive Ward

"Given the quality and cost challenge currently facing the NHS, it is critical that improvement programmes are implemented quickly, on a large-scale and assimilated and sustained in routine practice."

Implementing and sustaining change in the contemporary NHS: lessons from the Productive Ward
National Nursing Research Unit
March 2011

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