Christina Saville

Sep 3, 2024 | medrxiv.org | Chiara Dall'Ora |Paul Meredith |Christina Saville |Jeremy Jones

All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at www.icmje.org/disclosure-of-interest/ and declare: support from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Services and Delivery Research programme, and NIHR Applied Research in Collaboration (Wessex) for the work reported; no financial relationships with any organisations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous three years; no other relationships or activities that could appear to...

Aug 19, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Peter Griffiths |Christina Saville |Jane Ball |David Culliford

Key PointsQuestion  Is variation in the composition of the nursing team on a hospital inpatient unit associated with risk of patient death? Findings  In this longitudinal cohort study of 626 313 patient admissions in 4 centers, there was a statistically significant increase in the risk of death among patients exposed to days of low nurse staffing or high proportions of temporary staff.

Jun 24, 2024 | nursingtimes.net | Christina Saville |Peter Griffiths |Zoé Ejebu |Carole Fogg

Tools can help managers estimate the number of nursing staff needed on a ward. The Professional Judgement Framework was developed to support these decisions. Calculating safe nurse staffing levels on a hospital ward is complicated, as many factors affect workload. Many tools can help with the calculation; however, professional judgement remains important. The Professional Judgement Framework was developed to guide nurse staffing decisions, based on safe-staffing research and nurses’ expert guidance.

Apr 3, 2024 | bmjopen.bmj.com | Lesley Turner |Christina Saville |Jane Ball |David Culliford

MethodsWe conducted a retrospective longitudinal study using individual patient records in multiple centres.29 Maternity inpatient stays from 13 April 2015 to 29 February 2020 were extracted from the hospital Patient Administration System for three Acute National Health Service (NHS) Trusts in England. Data after February 2020 were not studied due to service changes during the covid pandemic. NHS Trusts comprise one or more hospitals operating as a group under a combined management.