Can staff and patient perspectives on hospital safety predict harm-free care?

"The findings suggest that although the views of patients and staff predict some overlapping variance in patient safety outcomes, both also offer a unique perspective on patient safety, contributing independently to the prediction of safety outcomes."

Can staff and patient perspectives on hospital safety predict harm-free care? An analysis of staff and patient survey data and routinely collected outcomes
R Lawton, JK O'Hara, L Sheard, C Reynolds, K Cocks, G Armitage, J Wright
BMJ Quality and Safety 2015;24:369-376 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003691

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Service user involvement: impact and participation: a survey of service user and staff perspectives

"The findings have shown that there is a high level of participation in service user involvement activity and a general endorsement that involvement has a positive impact. The percentage of service users and professionals who reported positive outcomes from activities they have been involved with was high, regardless of the type of activity they had experienced and their level of engagement in user involvement work."

Service user involvement: impact and participation: a survey of service user and staff perspectives
E Omeni, M Barnes, D MacDonald, M Crawford, D Rose
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:491  doi:10.1186/s12913-014-0491-7

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Future organisational models for the NHS

"How might new organisational arrangements help drive improvements in struggling NHS organisations and services? Here, we set out some of the organisational options and the evidence, both national and international." 

Future organisational models for the NHS: perspectives for the Dalton review

C Imison, C Ham, C Hopson, B Stoltz, J Fagge, N Marsden, M Deegan, S Dunn, S Melton, L Heller, A Marsh, A Brogan, D Hamlett
The King's Fund
July 2014

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