Healthcare Quality Improvement and 'work engagement'; concluding results from a national, longitudinal, cross-sectional study of the 'Productive Ward-Releasing Time to Care' Programme.

Our results lend some support to the assertions of the PW initiative itself and suggest that when compared to a control group, ward-based teams involved in the QI programme are more likely to be 'engaged' by it and its associated improvement activities and that this is maintained over time. However, only the Vigour dimension of 'engagement' remained significantly higher in the PW over time.