Right nurse, right place, right time: promoting safe staffing in the healthcare system

Professor Peter Griffiths, Chair in Health Services Research, University of Southampton (member of the research team and health workforce expert)
Professor Jane Ball, Professor of Nursing Workforce and Policy, University of Southampton (member of the research team and health workforce expert)
Professor Jackie Bridges, Professor of Older People’s Care, University of Southampton (member of the research team and expert in older person's care)
Professor Christine Duffield, Professor of Nursing and Health Services Management, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (member of the research team and health workforce expert)
Dr Vera McCarthy, Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork (member of the research team)
Dr Darren Dahly, Principal Statistician, HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork (collaborator and statistician).
Dr Aileen Murphy, Cork University Business School, University College Cork (member of the research team and economist)
Dr Ashling Murphy, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork (post-doctoral researcher).
Dr Noleen Brady, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork (post-doctoral researcher).

Programme of Research into Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill-Mix is funded by the Health Research Board and the Department of Health (current funding December 2020 to January 2024)

Reports submitted to and published by the Department of Health

All reports are (opens in a new window)available on gov.ie
Drennan et al. (2016). The Evaluation of the ‘Pilot Implementation of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill-Mix’-Report 1.
Drennan J. et al. (2016) An Interim Report and Recommendations on Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix in General and Specialist Medical and Surgical Acute Hospital settings- Report 2
Drennan J. et al. (2018) Evaluation of the ‘Pilot Implementation of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill-Mix’ Report 3 Pilot Wards January 2018.
Drennan J. et al. (2019) Evaluation of the 'Pilot Implementation of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill-Mix' Report 4, Pilot and Extension Wards, June 2019.
Drennan J. et al. (2020) Evaluation of the ‘Pilot Implementation of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill-Mix in Emergency Departments’ Report 1 – Baseline Data
Drennan et al. (2022) Evaluation of the Pilot Implementation of the Framework for Emergency Care Settings – Report 3 – Final Report.
Drennan et al. (2022) Evaluation of the Pilot Implementation of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill-Mix in Long-Term Residential Settings for Older People

Selected media

Selected invited presentations

Selected discussions in Dáil Éireann debates

Key policy documents recommending extension of the research

Selected academic outputs

Murphy, A., Griffiths, P., Duffield, C., Brady, N.M., Scott, A.P., Ball, J. and Drennan, J., 2021. Estimating the economic cost of nurse sensitive adverse events amongst patients in medical and surgical settings. Journal of advanced nursing, 77(8), pp.3379-3388. DOI: (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14860
Drennan, J., Duffield, C., Scott, A.P., Ball, J., Brady, N.M., Murphy, A., Dahly, D., Savage, E., Corcoran, P., Hegarty, J. and Griffiths, P., 2018. A protocol to measure the impact of intentional changes to nurse staffing and skill‐mix in medical and surgical wards. Journal of advanced nursing, 74(12), pp.2912-2921. (opens in a new window)https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13796

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