Research project

PREDICT-NURSE validation and extension

Project overview

We shall use data collected for a previous study as input to the algorithm to produce estimates of nurse staffing requirements for each ward shift using information which could be known at the time. We will compare actual staffing with the algorithm’s estimate to see if there is a deficit or surplus of staff. For each admission we will examine how these deficits and surpluses relate to patient outcomes. We will compare using the algorithm to set a threshold for safe staffing with using the SNCT estimates as a threshold. We will measure the effect of staff shortfalls on the number of staff sickness absences. The performance of the algorithm will be checked using data from a second hospital in the database.

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Paul Meredith PhD

Senior Research Fellow
Research interests
  • Healthcare workforce modelling.
  • Recognition of the Deteriorating Patient.
  • Healthcare informatics.
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Other researchers

Dr Christina Saville MSc, PhD, AFORS

Lecturer in Healthcare Management
Research interests
  • Safe staffing
  • Operational research techniques applied to healthcare
  • Health workforce
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Dr Chiara Dall'ora

Associate Professor in Health Workforce
Research interests
  • Health workforce organisation
  • Shift work
  • Occupational health - burnout
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Professor Peter Griffiths

Chair in Health Services Research
Research interests
  • Health workforce
  • Epidemiology
  • Nursing
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Research outputs