3 Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK Correspondence to: Professor M Eccles, Professor of Clinical Effectiveness, Centre for Health Services Research, 21 Claremont ...
The number of complaints received by healthcare organisations from patients and families is on an upward trajectory.1 For example, in 2023–2024, the NHS in England received 241 922 complaints,2 an ...
Background Improving small and sick newborn care (SSNC) is crucial in resource-limited settings. Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies (NEST360), a multicountry alliance, aims to reduce newborn ...
Introduction National Health Service hospitals and government agencies are increasingly using mortality rates to monitor the quality of inpatient care. Mortality and Morbidity (M&M) meetings, ...
4 Center for Outcomes Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 5 Center for Health Outcomes and ...
Correspondence to Professor David Reeves, NIHR School for Primary Care Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, ...
3 Centre for Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK 4 ...
Background There is growing international interest in involving patients in interventions to promote and support them in securing their own safety. This paper reports a systematic review of ...
Background Literature depicts differences in ethical decision-making (EDM) between countries and intensive care units (ICU). Objectives To better conceptualise EDM climate in the ICU and to validate a ...
A wide variety of research studies suggest that breakdowns in the diagnostic process result in a staggering toll of harm and patient deaths. These include autopsy studies, case reviews, surveys of ...
Background Peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) are ubiquitous in hospitals, yet phlebitis remains common despite single-measure prevention. Robust long-term evidence on whether comprehensive bundles ...
Background Problems of quality and safety persist in health systems worldwide. We conducted a large research programme to examine culture and behaviour in the English National Health Service (NHS).