Exploring the relationship between women's experience of postnatal care and reported staffing measures: An observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women have reported dissatisfaction with care received on postnatal wards and this area has been highlighted for improvement. Studies have shown an association between midwifery staffing levels and postnatal care experiences, but so far, the influence of registered and support staff deployed in postnatal wards has not been studied. This work is timely as the number of support workers has increased in the workforce and there has been little research on skill mix to date.

Methods

Cross sectional secondary analysis including 13,264 women from 123 postnatal wards within 93 hospital Trusts. Staffing was measured in each organisation as Full Time Equivalent staff employed per 100 births, and on postnatal wards, using Hours Per Patient Day. Women's experiences were asses

SUBMITTER: Turner L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9345482 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature