The future of 24/7 care: investigating the links between staffing levels, patient access and inequalities in health

In order to understand how extending fully-operational hours will affect costs and outcomes, research is needed into the relationships between staffing levels, costs, patient outcomes, and quality of care. These relationships are poorly understood because the rich information routinely collected in patient healthcare records is not linked to the data collected by employers on staff inputs and costs. This research study intends to answer these vital questions by examining data on patient admissions and outcomes from a large acute hospital in Greater Manchester – Salford Royal Foundation Trust.

Further information about this project can be found on the NIHR website: http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hsdr/1212848.

Funding
Members

Funding

Funder(s):	National Institute for Health Research HS&DR
Start Date:	01-Oct-2013
Expiry Date:	31-March-2016

Members

Internal staff

Tim Doran

External collaborators

Professor Matthew Sutton
Dr Mark Harrison
Mr John Ainsworth
Professor Carol Propper
Dr Maxine Power