Potential impacts of general practitioners working in or alongside emergency departments in England: initial qualitative findings from a national mixed-methods evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the potential impacts of introducing General Practitioners into Emergency Departments (GPED) from the perspectives of service leaders, health professionals and patients. These 'expectations of impact' can be used to generate hypotheses that will inform future implementations and evaluations of GPED.

Design

Qualitative study consisting of 228 semistructured interviews.

Setting

10 acute National Health Service (NHS) hospitals and the wider healthcare system in England. Interviews were undertaken face to face or via telephone. Data were analysed thematically.

Participants

124 health professionals and 94 patients and carers. 10 service leaders representing a range of national organisations and government departments across England (eg, NHS Eng

SUBMITTER: Scantlebury A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8149439 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature