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10 February 2015 Evidence
Patients and staff as codesigners of healthcare services
This article describes how experience-based co-design can be used to ensure that healthcare organisations realise the full potential of patients—the biggest resource they have for improving the quality of care.
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04 June 2014 Evidence
PFCC programme report
This report describes the goals of the programme which ran with fifteen teams in 11 NHS organisations across England and Wales from January 2012 to November 2013.
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15 January 2014 Evidence
Staff care: How to engage staff in the NHS and why it matters
Our inaugural report argues that caring about people working in healthcare is the key to developing a caring, compassionate health service. Moreover, it argues that supporting staff should be a central driver in improving patient care, productivity and financial performance.
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12 November 2013 Film
Dr Kieran Sweeney talks about his experiences as a cancer patient
Dr Kieran Sweeny talks about his experience of receiving a terminal diagnosis of cancer. Kieran notices that the staff appear hesitant to tell him directly that he is going to die, only finding out the truth when reading his discharge letter at home. Kieran reflects on possible reasons behind the care that he received.
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01 November 2013 Case study
Best care for our mothers and fathers
This case study explores how the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, Wales used the patient and family centred care (PFCC) methodology to improve the quality of care for elderly patients admitted with a broken hip.
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01 November 2013 Case study
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
This case study explores how the Multidisciplinary Outpatient Review Clinic for Boys with DMD at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust used the patient and family centred care (PFCC) methodology to improve patient experiences of the 3-4 hour long visit to the clinic.
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03 January 2013 Evidence
A systematic review of evidence on the links between patient experience and clinical safety and effectiveness
This study shows that good experiences for patients are associated with better clinical outcomes and safer patient care.
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03 December 2008 Evidence
Seeing the person in the patient
The report introduces current debates and dilemmas in relation to patients’ experience of care in hospital, presents our view of the factors that shape that experience, and assesses the evidence to support various interventions that are designed to tackle the problems.
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11 March 2008
Building the business case for patient-centered care
This article demonstrates that patient-centered care has the potential to produce safer and more cost-effective care.