Why staff health matters to patient care

"This report by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), entitled Work and wellbeing in the NHS: why staff health matters to patient care, sets out why it is in the best interests of both patients and NHS organisations for the health, wellbeing and engagement of the NHS workforce to be prioritised."

Work and wellbeing in the NHS: Why staff health matters to patient care
Royal College of Physicians
March 2015

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Closing the Gap through Changing Relationships: evaluation

"The Health Foundation’s Closing the Gap through Changing Relationships programme was launched in 2010. The programme funded seven projects, which aimed to change one or more of three types of relationships:

1. between the individual using a service and those who work in healthcare provision
2. between people using services and the wider healthcare system
3. between communities and the wider healthcare system."

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Shared decision-making behaviours in health professionals

"'Sharing knowledge and making recommendations' was the element of shared decision-making most often observed, followed by 'clarifying the patient's values and preferences' and 'presenting evidence.'""

Shared decision-making behaviours in health professionals: a systematic review of studies based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour
P Thompson-Leduc, ML Clayman, S Turcotte, F Legare
Health Expectations: first published online 16 Feb 2014

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Barriers and facilitators to implement shared decision making in multidisciplinary sciatica care

This paper identified new barriers and facilitators for shared decision-making in the multidisciplinary care of sciatica and proposes that an effective implementation of SDM in a multidisciplinary setting should focus on these.

Barriers and facilitators to implement shared decision making in multidisciplinary sciatica care: a qualitative study
SN Hofstede, PJ de Mheen, MM Wentink, AM Stiggelbout, CLA Vleggeert-Lankamp, TPM Vlieland, L van Bodegom-Vos
Implementation Science, 2013, 8:95

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Professionalism in healthcare professionals

"This study was commissioned by the Health Professions Council (HPC) as part of a wider research programme exploring aspects of professional practice."

Professionalism in healthcare professionals
Health Professions Council
October 2011

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