Search query:

Filter by date

Results 1 - 10 of 22 Search Tips

consulted or excluded?

01 July 2004

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

We live in a culture in which national and local policy drivers emphasise the need to take public opinion into account. Indeed, public involvement and consultation...

Involving Children in Clinical Audit

01 April 2001

Paediatric Nursing

General

Several recent NHS initiatives have emphasised the importance of involving users in the planning, monitoring and development of the health services at both local and...

Parental satisfaction with paediatric intensive care

01 September 2005

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Literature reviews, parental consultation and multi-disciplinary input informed the development of a questionnaire to evaluate parental satisfaction with a regional...

using direct observation to assess satisfaction

01 February 2008

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

Good practice in meeting service users’ needs and wishes is acknowledged as being central to all services (NHS Executive 1998). In 2001, the Department of Health...

Improving acute care: accreditation for inpatient wards

01 June 2007

Mental Health Practice

General

The publication of Acute Problems (Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health 1998) prompted a rediscovery of inpatient services. The last eight years have seen a number of...

Hospital lunches: giving children choice

01 December 2003

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Maintaining the nutritional needs of sick children is an important nursing priority, but meeting these needs in a hospital setting can be a challenge. This article...

Inhaled nitrous oxide during painful procedures: a satisfaction survey

01 October 2006

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Children with cystic fibrosis (CF) undergo repeated invasive medical procedures. This article summarises a survey of the use of nitrous oxide to minimise the...

Consumer evaluation of a head injury assessment and rehabilitation unit

01 December 2002

Paediatric Nursing

A&S Science

This study was undertaken to assess parents’ evaluations of the services provided by a children’s head injury rehabilitation unit. A questionnaire was designed to...

Parent questionnaires: are they effective for auditing services?

01 June 2006

Paediatric Nursing

A&S Science

Aim: to involve as many parents as possible in evaluating the services provided to their child while an inpatient on a children’s surgical ward and to obtain...

Therapeutic engagement through observation

01 February 2006

Mental Health Practice

General

Dorset HealthCare NHS Trust is a three-star specialist mental health and learning disability trust, serving a population of 450,000 people living in east Dorset and...