Bridging the gap in the UK's National Health Service integrated care systems: insights from a mixed methods implementation evaluation of UCLP-PRIMROSE, a care innovation to reduce physical health inequalities for people with severe mental illness.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to determine whether UCLP-PRIMROSE (a care innovation to reduce physical health inequalities for people with severe mental illness) could be set up in the current UK National Health Service (NHS) context and identify the processes, barriers and facilitators to implementation.

Design

We employed a convergent mixed methods approach, combining interviews, ethnographic site visits and the collection of meeting notes and uptake data for core model components. Interview transcripts were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis, and all qualitative data, including interview transcripts, were analysed using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Qualitative work and insights from implementation uptake frequencies were integrated using Normalisat

SUBMITTER: Shaw P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12853453 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature