General practitioners' experiences of emergency care and treatment planning in England: a focus group study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency Care and Treatment Plans are recommended for all primary care patients in the United Kingdom who are expected to experience deterioration of their health. The Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment (ReSPECT) was developed to integrate resuscitation decisions with discussions about wider goals of care. It summarises treatment recommendations discussed and agreed between patients and their clinicians for a future emergency situation and was designed to meet the needs of different care settings. Our aim is to explore GPs' experiences of using ReSPECT and how it transfers across the primary care and secondary care interface.

Methods

We conducted five focus groups with GPs in areas being served by hospitals in England that have implemented

SUBMITTER: Huxley CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8224258 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature