Safe staffing for nursing in adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals

"The guideline identifies organisational and managerial factors that are required to support safe staffing for nursing, and makes recommendations for monitoring and taking action if there are not enough nursing staff available to meet the nursing needs of patients on the ward.Safe staffing for nursing in adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals"

Safe staffing for nursing in adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals
NICE Guidelines [SG1]
July 2014

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Managing hospital doctors and their practice

"The findings of this study have implications for management of clinicians in NHS secondary care that are perceived as ineffective and leading to disengagement and resistance to effective performance measurement, evaluation and improvement"

Managing hospital doctors and their practice: what can we learn about human resource management from non-healthcare organisations?
TM Trebble, N Heyworth, N Clarke, T Powell, PM Hockey
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:566  doi:10.1186/s12913-014-0566-5

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Factors thought to influence the success of quality improvement in primary care

"This review aimed to provide guidance for researchers seeking to measure factors thought to modify the effect of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) in primary care settings."

Measuring organizational and individual factors thought to influence the success of quality improvement in primary care: a systematic review
SE Brennan, M Bosch, H Buchan, SE Green
Implementation Science, 2012, 7:121

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