Exploring the relationship between women’s experience of postnatal care and reported staffing measures: an observational study
Lesley Turner,
Jane Ball,
David Culliford
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundWomen 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.MethodsCross sectional secondar… Show more
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