Surgical patients' experience of being managed in ambulatory care
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Patient experience of ambulatory emergency care on the Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU)
IRAS ID
232776
Contact name
Rob Bethune
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Exeter, Research Ethics and Governance Office
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
NCT03514043, ClinicalTrials.gov registration reference
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 24 days
Research summary
Emergency ambulatory care (“day-case” care that does not involve staying in a hospital bed overnight) is now well-established for medical patients and is being used increasingly for surgical patients. However, we do not know how emergency surgical patients feel about being managed in an emergency day case care setting.
We will conduct semi-structured interviews with patients to explore their opinions and attitudes to their emergency care episode. These would be conducted by telephone days to weeks after an episode where they were managed in an day case manner after being referred to the emergency general surgical team. They are approached during their first attendance and confirm whether or not they are happy to proceed several days later via telephone.
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/NW/0589
Date of REC Opinion
23 Aug 2018
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion