Professor Maben joins Nursing and Care Quality Forum
Professor Jill Maben, Director of the National Nursing Research Unit (NNRU) based at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, has been invited to join the Government’s new Nursing and Care Quality Forum. Professor Maben will act as expert advisor to the Forum, drawing on extensive national and international research undertaken by the National Nursing Research Unit into the healthcare and nursing workforce; improving care quality; measuring patient experience and links between Staff well-being and patient experience.
Professor Maben said:
“I am very pleased to have been invited to join the Forum and look forward to working with colleagues to look at the many issues affecting the quality of nursing care. My research has primarily focussed on how the quality of a nurse’s working life - from their working environment to their continued professional development - can affect the patient experience. I am passionate about how healthcare staff can be better supported to do their job and deliver the kind of compassionate care they joined the NHS to provide. I will also be drawing upon the wide ranging evidence and expertise across the unit to support the work of the forum.”
Professor Maben joins Sally Brearley, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the NNRU, who chairs the Nursing and Care Quality Forum. Sally said:
“I am keen to ensure the Forum has good, effective input from those who know nursing and know about patient experiences of care. I am delighted Jill is joining us and sure that that we will learn from her research knowledge and from the substantial evidence base she has gathered. The NNRU has a long history of addressing major questions facing the nursing workforce and of influencing policy makers so it is only fitting that we should invite Jill as a representative.”
The first official meeting of the Nursing and Care Quality Forum was held on Tuesday 17 April at 10 Downing Street where members discussed some of the key issues facing nursing with Prime Minister, David Cameron, Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, Anne Milton.
For more information contact:
Allie Johnstone
Communications Officer
Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery, King’s College London
T: 020 7848 3062
E: allie.johnstone@kcl.ac.uk