Paul Meredith

Dr. Paul Meredith is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, specializing in healthcare workforce modeling, recognition of deteriorating patients, and healthcare informatics. His research focuses on optimizing nursing staffing configurations, evaluating the consequences of understaffing in acute hospitals, and analyzing the economic implications of workforce policies.

Key projects include the PREDICT-NURSE initiative, which uses routinely collected data to predict nurse staffing requirements, and studies on midwifery staffing levels and their impact on postpartum readmissions. He collaborates with researchers like Christina Saville, Peter Griffiths, and Chiara Dall'Ora on projects addressing healthcare workforce dynamics and patient outcomes.

His recent work includes cost-effectiveness analyses of eliminating hospital understaffing and longitudinal studies on nurse absence due to sickness. Meredith’s contributions span healthcare economics, clinical protocol development, and evidence-based staffing policies.