Peter Griffiths

Professor Peter Griffiths is a Chair in Health Services Research at the University of Southampton. His research focuses on healthcare workforce dynamics, staffing levels, and patient safety. He co-leads the Health Work and Systems research group and is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator. He also leads the Health Workforce and Systems theme in the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (Wessex) and serves as the executive editor of the International Journal of Nursing Studies.

His work addresses critical questions about staffing configurations, skill mix, and their impact on care quality. Key areas include the economic implications of staffing changes, nurse absence patterns, and interventions like the Magnet4Europe program. He has contributed to influential studies such as the RN4CAST project and the SEISMIC initiative in ICU staffing. His research is funded by organizations like the NIHR, EPSRC, and the European Union.

Notable awards include the NIHR Senior Investigator title. His teaching covers health policy, research methods, and evidence-based practice. He supervises PhD students in Health Sciences and collaborates on interdisciplinary projects involving operational research and simulation modeling.

Grants and projects include the Framework for Safe Staffing (Ireland), PREDICT-NURSE validation, and evaluations of hospital design innovations. His work emphasizes translating research into policy and practice, particularly in optimizing healthcare workforce structures for safer, more effective care.