Major surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic – patients’ experiences
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Major surgery during the Coronavirus-19 pandemic – patients’ experiences
IRAS ID
290891
Contact name
Georgina Singleton
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Joint Research Office, University College London Hospital.
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Z6364106/2021/01/92, Data Protection
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
The SARS-Cov2 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to considerable change to the care of patients requiring major surgery in the UK. The rapid changes that were required to perioperative services were unprecedented in their scale, speed of implementation, and impact on staff, patients and the wider healthcare service. The implemented changes are largely unevaluated, particularly qualitatively, and from a patient perspective. Using qualitative methods, this study will aim to gain an understanding of patients’ experiences of the perioperative care provided during the pandemic. As a result of the pace of change, usual mechanisms for co-production with patients were largely swept aside. The findings of this study will be useful in identifying changes in the perioperative service that have been beneficial to patients. It is hoped that the results of this study will help in creating a framework that can be used by other institutions to enhance perioperative care pathways in the COVID-19 era and beyond. The study will also identify strategies that can be used within the NHS to support patient involvement in rapid change.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/YH/0154
Date of REC Opinion
15 Jul 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion