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Skill mix—HCAs and their role in quality healthcare

Journal Article
McIntosh, B., & Smith, S. (2012)
Skill mix—HCAs and their role in quality healthcare. British journal of healthcare assistants : for HCAs and assistant practitioners, 6(8), 396-399. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2012.6.8.396
The NHS must increase productivity by 6% every year if it is to make projected efficiency savings of £21 billion by 2014. At the same time, it is expected to maintain or impro...

Leadership in Compassionate Care: Executive Summary- Enhancing patient care by promoting compassionate practice.

Report
Adamson, E., Cook, F., Crowther, C., Dewar, B., Donaldson, J. H., Gloag, A., …Waugh, A. (2012)
Leadership in Compassionate Care: Executive Summary- Enhancing patient care by promoting compassionate practice. Edinburgh, Scotland: NHS Lothian/Edinburgh Napier University
The Leadership in Compassionate Care Programme (LCCP) commenced in 2007 as a three year programme of work. Initial funding was received from a private benefactor and the two o...

Embedded kindness: education is essential in ensuring students develop the skills for compassion

Journal Article
Smith, S. (2012)
Embedded kindness: education is essential in ensuring students develop the skills for compassion. Nursing Standard, 26, 24
Education is essential in ensuring students develop the skills for compassion.

Summit: Living and dying well with dementia: Report on themes and key messages. Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Edinburgh

Report
Hazelwood, M., Henderson, J., Patterson, R., & Smith, S. (2011)
Summit: Living and dying well with dementia: Report on themes and key messages. Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
Hazelwood, M., Henderson, J., Patterson, R., & Smith, S. (2011). Summit: Living and dying well with dementia: Report on themes and key messages. Scottish Partnership for Palli...

Leadership in compassionate care programme: final report.

Report
Adamson, E., Dewar, B., Donaldson, J. H., Gentleman, M., Gray, M., Horsburgh, D., …Waugh, A. (2011)
Leadership in compassionate care programme: final report. Edinburgh, Scotland: NHS Lothian/ Edinburgh Napier University
The Leadership in Compassionate Care programme is a collaborative venture between Edinburgh Napier University and NHS Lothian and is supported by a generous benefactor. The ai...

Leadership in Compassionate Care: Conference Handbook.

Conference Proceeding
Smith, S., Gentleman, M., Tocher, R., Dewar, B., Kalorkoti, J. & Pullin, S. (2011)
Leadership in Compassionate Care: Conference Handbook

Relationship centred outcomes focused on compassionate care for older people within in-patient care settings: Relationship centred compassionate care

Journal Article
Smith, S., Dewar, B., Pullin, S., & Tocher, R. (2010)
Relationship centred outcomes focused on compassionate care for older people within in-patient care settings: Relationship centred compassionate care. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 5(2), 128-136. doi:10.1111/j.1748-3743.2010.00224.x
This paper describes outcomes from research titled Leadership in Compassionate Care. The research adopts a participatory action research approach, utilizing appreciative inqui...

Small changes, big impact (part of Symposium Measuring Compassion through a collaborative and appreciative enquiry).

Presentation / Conference
McCrossan, G., Smith, F. C., & Smith, S. (2010, May)
Small changes, big impact (part of Symposium Measuring Compassion through a collaborative and appreciative enquiry). Paper presented at RCN International Nursing Research Conference, Newcastle; UK

Use of emotional touchpoints as a method of tapping into the experience of receiving compassionate care in a hospital setting

Journal Article
Dewar, B., Mackay, R., Smith, S., Pullin, S., & Tocher, R. (2010)
Use of emotional touchpoints as a method of tapping into the experience of receiving compassionate care in a hospital setting. Journal of Research in Nursing, 15(1), 29-41. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987109352932
Improving the patient and family experience in hospital and supporting people to deliver compassionate dignified care is a priority on the policy agenda in the UK. The purpose...

Palliative care for people who have a dementia

Book Chapter
Smith, S. D. M. (2009)
Palliative care for people who have a dementia
No abstract available.