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THE NEED FOR URGENT CARE

The need for urgent care: the perspectives and pathways of people with a long term condition.

People with long term conditions often have a significant disease burden. They may also have acute exacerbations of their condition resulting in a perceived need for urgent care, and often an unplanned hospital admission. The Department of Health (2006) wishes to develop a more integrated approach to requirements for urgent care.

If this is to be fully effective, then understanding patients’ perspectives when an unplanned hospital admission occurs is crucial. The reasons why people can no longer cope with their condition, and what triggers a hospital admission need to be explored, so this knowledge can be added to the development of a primary care based package to meet urgent care needs in a patient focused way.

Timescale:  The research project will be conducted over 26 months from 1 September 2008.

Staffing:  CI: Prof. Kate Seers (one day per week), PI (Northern Ireland site): Prof Viv Coates (costed for 10 days over 2 years), PI (East London site): Dr Natasha Posner (costed for 10 days over 2 years), RF (full time): to be appointed. Interviewers (one day per week for 8/12): one in each site. Administrative support (2 days per week). 

Funding:  Grant from NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme:  £224,781

 

Wed 29 Oct 2008, 14:56