Utilisation of the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant in NHS Trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups across England: a freedom of information investigation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the extent to which National Health Service (NHS) service providers appoint a named Armed Forces veteran lead or champion, and to explore the commissioning of veteran-specific services by Clinical Commissioning Groups.

Design

A convergent mixed method design was used to improve understanding obtained from the information provided by respondents on their practice. The study comprised two parts: phase 1 involved NHS Trusts, and phase 2 involved Clinical Commissioning Groups.

Setting

All NHS Trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups in England were contacted using a freedom of information request.

Participants

All NHS trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups across England.

Interventions

Initially, existing national websites were sear

SUBMITTER: McGill G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6352869 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature