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    Evaluation of the impact of an augmented model of The Productive Ward: Releasing Time to Care on staff and patient outcomes: A naturalistic stepped-wedge trial
    (BMJ, 2020-03-26) Williams, Brian; Hibberd, Carina; Baldie, Deborah; Duncan, Edward A. S.; Elders, Andrew; Maxwell, Margaret; Rattray, Janice E.; Cowie, Julie; Strachan, Heather; Jones, Martyn C.
    Background Improving the quality and efficiency of healthcare is an international priority. A range of complex ward based quality initiatives have been developed over recent years, perhaps the most influential programme has been Productive Ward: Releasing Time to Care. The programme aims to improve work processes and team efficiency with the aim of ‘releasing time’, which would be used to increase time with patients ultimately improving patient care, although this does not form a specific part of the programme. This study aimed to address this and evaluate the impact using recent methodological advances in complex intervention evaluation design.