Making the most of frontline staff – Efficiency Savings

Making the most of frontline staff  Audit Commission, June 2010 Click on the title to access the full-text of this report Abstract: In the second of our ‘Delivering more for less’ briefings, we identify areas where NHS trusts and foundation trusts could make efficiency savings by making the most of their frontline staff. Data suggests [...]

User Involvement – Actively involving people with dementia in qualitative research

Actively involving people with dementia in qualitative research, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2010,Volume 19 Issue 13-14, Pages 1935 - 1943 Jane McKeown, Amanda Clarke, Christine Ingleton and Julie Repper Service User and Carer Involvement and PhD Student, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, Service Development Directorate, Fulwood House, Old Fulwood Road, Sheffield S10 3TH, UK Abstract: Aims and [...]

User involvement in in-patient mental health services: operationalisation, empirical testing, and validation

User involvement in in-patient mental health services: operationalisation, empirical testing, and validation, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2010, Volume 19 Issue 13-14, Pages 1897 - 1907 Marianne Storm, Kjell Hausken, Aslaug Mikkelsen Abstract: Aims. This study presents development, empirical testing and validation of an instrument measuring service user involvement in in-patient mental health from the mental health professionals’ perspective. Background. Service user involvement [...]

‘Early Recognition Method’ – This article aims to contribute to evidence-based risk management for nurses in collaboration with their patients, resulting in a decrease in inpatient aggression

Preventing aggressive incidents and seclusions in forensic care by means of the ‘Early Recognition Method’, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Volume 19, Issue 11, Date: June 2010, Pages: 1529-1537 Frans AJ Fluttert, Berno van Meijel, Henk Nijman, Stål Bjørkly, Mieke Grypdonck Abstract: Objective. The Early Recognition Method aims at improving collaboration between nurses and patients to prevent aggression in forensic psychiatric [...]