Hospital at Night Baseline Report

The Hospital at Night Baseline Report was produced in 2006 and assesses the impact of the HaN model of working at night across the NHS. It looks at how trusts were adopting or using the multi-professional approach and was the first major assessment of progress since HaN was introduced in 2004.

The key findings from the assessments in 2006 were:

• Almost half of NHS trusts in England have adopted the HaN method of team working and are seeing clear benefits from the new system
• As well as providing new opportunities and enhanced roles for nursing staff, some hospital trusts using the model are reporting a reduction in clinical incidents
• Trusts need to provide clear senior leadership and provide the initial financial investment to develop HaN in order to see the patient benefit and longer term productivity and efficiency rewards that it can provide
• It as a key part of work in the move towards compliance with the Working Time Directive 2009 (WTD) with the opportunity to develop new roles. You can access the PDF of the final report here.

You can access a press release with more information on the report here.

Who can I contact about this report?
Tim Lund, Working Time Directive
tim.lund@skillsforhealth.org.uk

Baseline Report - PDF
Baseline Tool - Excel file
Press Release - PDF file