Map Healthcare Provision Outside the NHS (VOICE)

The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthcare Providers

Treatments: Other: To be part of a blog

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03975738

2019SUR106

Details and patient eligibility

About

• To collect data to show which sites outside of the NHS are currently being signposted to patients by Healthcare Multidisciplinary Professionals
• To collect data about these sites, from patients who have been referred or signposted to sites outside of the NHS from a Healthcare Multidisciplinary Professional
• To develop a database of potential healthcare sites outside the NHS that could become involved in NIHR Healthcare

Full description

This is a small-scale pilot project to test out the research design and methodology. This pilot project will take a small-scale approach to mapping non-NHS providers that are currently (a) being recommended and signposted by healthcare professionals and (b) have been experienced by patients. A sample of around 100 participants who are (a) currently employed in a range of healthcare provision settings or who (b) have experienced healthcare provision outside the NHS and who (i) have regular access to internet access in order to access a blog; and (ii) have sufficient English language skills to read and understand questions posted on the blog, will be recruited.

Participants will be asked to provide information via a blog about which non-NHS healthcare provision they would signpost or recommend. There will be opportunities both to record data and to communicate and form discussions with other participants on the blog. This data will be coded and collated onto a database and analysed thematically.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• currently employed in a healthcare setting in a role that involves direct contact with patients for at least one day per week or
• have been a patient accessing non-NHS healthcare provision within the last two years.
• must have self-reported, sufficient English language ability to read the blog
• have regular personal access to the internet.

Exclusion criteria

• not currently employed in a healthcare setting in a role that involves direct contact with patients for at least one day per week or
• not have been a patient accessing non-NHS healthcare provision within the last two years.
• not have self-reported, sufficient English language ability to read the blog
• not have regular personal access to the internet.

Trial design

28 participants in 10 patient groups

A GP Surgery

Description:

A selection of healthcare workers from a GP Surgery to be recruited

Treatment:

Other: To be part of a blog

A Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Group

Description:

A selection of healthcare workers from a Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Group to be recruited

Treatment:

Other: To be part of a blog

Young Person's Steering Group

Description:

A selection of patients from a Young Person's Steering Group to be recruited

Treatment:

Other: To be part of a blog

An Acute Trust

Description:

A selection of healthcare workers from an Acute Trust to be recruited

Treatment:

Other: To be part of a blog

Hayward Hospital Social Care Team

Description:

A selection of healthcare workers from the Hayward Hospital Social Care Team to be recruited

Treatment:

Other: To be part of a blog

A Hospice

Description:

A selection of healthcare workers from a Hospice to be recruited

Treatment:

Other: To be part of a blog

West Midlands Cares

Description:

A selection of healthcare workers from a the West Midlands Cares Group to be recruited

Treatment:

Other: To be part of a blog

CRN Clinical Research Speciality Leads (CRSL)

Description:

A selection of healthcare workers from a group of CRN (Clinical Research Network) Clinical Research Speciality Leads (CRSL) to be recruited

Treatment:

Other: To be part of a blog

CRN Sub Speciality Leads (SSL)

Description:

A selection of healthcare workers from a CRN Sub Speciality Leads (SSL) to be recruited

Treatment:

Other: To be part of a blog

A District General Hospital

Description:

A selection of healthcare workers from a A District General Hospital to be recruited

Treatment:

Other: To be part of a blog