Louch, G, O'Hara, J orcid.org/0000-0001-5551-9975 and Mohammed, MA (2017) A qualitative formative evaluation of a patient-centred patient safety intervention delivered in collaboration with hospital volunteers. Health Expectations, 20 (5). pp. 1143-1153. ISSN 1369-6513
Abstract
Background: Evidence suggests that patients can meaningfully feed back to healthcare providers about the safety of their care. The PRASE (Patient Reporting and Action for a Safe Environment) intervention provides a way to systematically collect feedback from patients to support service improvement. The intervention is being implemented in acute care settings with patient feedback collected by hospital volunteers for the first time.
Objective: To undertake a formative evaluation which explores the feasibility and acceptability of the PRASE intervention delivered in collaboration with hospital volunteers from the perspectives of key stakeholders.
Design: A qualitative evaluation design was adopted across two acute NHS trusts in the UK between July 2014 and November 2015. We conducted five focus groups with hospital volunteers (n=15), voluntary services and patient experience staff (n=3) and semi‐structured interviews with ward staff (n=5). Data were interpreted using framework analysis.
Results: All stakeholders were positive about the PRASE intervention as a way to support service improvement, and the benefits of involving volunteers. Volunteers felt adequate training and support would be essential for retention. Staff concentrated on the infrastructure needed for implementation and raised concerns around sustainability. Findings were fed back to the implementation team to support revisions to the intervention moving into the subsequent summative evaluation phase.
Conclusion: Although there are concerns regarding sustainability in practice, the PRASE intervention delivered in collaboration with hospital volunteers is a promising approach to collect patient feedback for service improvement.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2017, The Authors. Health Expectations Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/], which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | evaluation; improvement science; patient feedback; patient involvement; patient safety volunteers |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Medical Education |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 May 2018 15:00 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2018 10:14 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/hex.12560 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:130840 |