Children and young people's survey 2014

"This is the first national children’s survey conducted by CQC. It represents the experiences of nearly 19,000 children and young people who received inpatient or day case care in 137 acute NHS trusts in 2014."

Children and young people's survey 2014
Care Quality Commission
July 2015

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IMatter: validation of the NHS Scotland Employee Engagement Index

"Employee engagement is a fundamental component of quality healthcare. In order to provide empirical data of engagement in NHS Scotland an Employee Engagement Index was co-constructed with staff. `iMatter? consists of 25 Likert questions developed iteratively from the literature and a series of validation events with NHS Scotland staff. The aim of this study was to test the face, content and construct validity of iMatter."

IMatter: validation of the NHS Scotland Employee Engagement Index
A Snowden, E MacArthur
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:535  doi:10.1186/s12913-014-0535-z

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"Patient experience is a key quality outcome for modern health services, but most existing survey methods are long and setting-specific. We identified the need for a short generic questionnaire for tracking patient experience."
 
A short generic patient experience questionnaire: howRwe development and validation
T Benson, H Potts
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:499

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National training survey 2014

"The survey is an important part of how we make sure medical education and training is meeting the standards we set to support high quality medical care and patient safety across the UK."

National training survey 2014
General Medical Council

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Diagnosing bowel cancer early: right test, right time

"With the added pressures that the increase in demand is likely to present, ensuring endoscopy units continue to be of the highest quality is paramount to prevent people from dying prematurely."

Diagnosing bowel cancer early: right test, right time
Bowel Cancer UK
2014

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Culture and leadership in the NHS

"A higher proportion of respondents now believe that the NHS is giving enough priority to quality of care compared with 2013, although these respondents are still the minority. The respondents provided a wealth of examples of how their organisations are developing compassionate care – including collective patient feedback, training and supporting staff."

Culture and leadership in the NHS: The King's Fund survey 2014
The King's Fund
May 2014

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Clinical commissioning groups – one year on

"In this audio slideshow, Holly Holder, Fellow in Health Policy, Nuffield Trust, presents the key findings from a survey of GPs in six clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). The survey explored member engagement and primary care development one year after CCGs were introduced."

Holly Holder: clinical commissioning groups – one year on

Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund 

April 2014

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Patient and public engagement - still an aspiration?

"Local health economies have so far not been successful in engaging with patients and the public."

Patient and public engagement - still an aspiration?
Tea Break Debates
Primary Care Commissioning, People Matters Network
July 2013

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Taking the pulse: attitudes to the health service

"Satisfaction with the NHS overall is at its highest ever level, though the picture in relation to specific services is more mixed." These are the findings of the NatCen Social Research survey into British Social Attitudes.

British Social Attitudes Survey 28
Elizabeth Clery
NatCen Social Research
2011

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