Evaluating the ten year impact of the Productive Ward
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Evaluating the ten year impact of the Productive Ward at the clinical microsystem level in English acute trusts
IRAS ID
182798
Contact name
Glenn Robert
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
King's College London
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 5 months, 30 days
Research summary
This study will investigate whether a programme to improve how staff in hospital wards work (called the 'Productive Ward') has been successful in NHS acute hospitals in England and will help managers, doctors and nurses to make it as useful as possible. The Productive Ward (hereafter referred to as PW) aims to allow ward staff to change the way they work so that they are more efficient.
The study is in 2 stages. In stage 1 the researchers will survey all 157 NHS acute hospital Trusts in England to update an earlier study they carried out in 2009. The survey will investigate whether Trusts are currently, or have previously, used the PW and, if they have, the way in which they have used it and what the results have been. In stage 2, using the results of the survey, the researchers will identify 6 hospitals that began to use PW at different stages of its history. These six sites will be used as organizational case studies. The researchers will carry out research in 2 wards in each of these 6 hospitals to find out whether using the PW has brought about any benefits, such as whether nurses spend less time looking for equipment, or whether there have been any wider benefits arising from using the PW, such as developing nurse leaders. The researchers will also investigate how patients and / or patients' views have been involved in the PW. They will also try to find out whether different ways of introducing the approach have had any impact on the success or otherwise of the PW.
REC name
London - Stanmore Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/LO/0918
Date of REC Opinion
26 May 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion