An observational study in Emergency and Urgent Care Pathways, sponsored by University of Sheffield. Status unknown. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-03-04.
Sponsored by University of Sheffield · Observational
There is increased demand on emergency departments (ED) across the UK. The services are becoming stretched and as a result waiting times are increasing and patient care is suffering.
By linking together patient data from different hospitals and services across Yorkshire, researchers are able to build a more complete picture of how emergency and urgent care (UEC) services in the region function.
This picture will help researchers understand the flow of patients through EUC services, to understand what the most common health issues are and to better plan community services in the future. The anonymous data can help scientists understand EUC services across an entire region and suggest improvements in a much more synchronised way.
Health service managers will also be able to understand how one ED in Yorkshire compares to another. By re-using existing data researchers will also allow hospitals to learn lessons from each other so that each local service can improve and deliver better care for its patients.
In the future, this information will help researchers to plan ahead and forecast disease outbreaks. The data used will, over time, tell a story that will help deliver better and more targeted care.
The aim of the research project is to build a unique dataset based on expertise already being developed across the Yorkshire and Humber region. We will collect routine NHS data from a number of providers of EUC and link the data to provide a coherent picture of EUC demand. This rich data source will allow the EUC services to be viewed as a whole system, enabling demand on the system by patients to be analysed as well as the flow of patients through the system.
University of Sheffield is the lead sponsor of 75 studies on the registry; 16 are open to participants now.
Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.
Any person who has accessed an urgent and emergency care service in Yorkshire and the Humber region between 2011 and 2017
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Exclusion Criteria:
No intervention - data collection only
NHS111
Number of people accessing NHS111 and transferred to the emergency department by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, stratisfied by age, gender, presenting complaint, location
Time frame: 2011-2017
YAS
Number of people accessing the Yorkshire Ambulance Service and transferred to the emergency department, stratisfied by age, gender, presenting complaint, location
Time frame: 2011-2017
Direct ED
Number of people accessing the emergency department (directly), stratisfied by age, gender, presenting complaint, location
Time frame: 2011-2017
Mapping of UEC service use
Using the linked data, map how the UEC service is used by patients. How far people will travel to attend the ED; Where are people travelling from (home, etc), the flow through each of the services throughout the time period covered (annually, monthly, daily, hourly), etc
Time frame: 2011-2017
No study locations are listed for this record.
Plan to share: Yes — The study is now a Research Database and researchers can obtain data extracts, on application, for use in research aligned with the CHC study focus.
Supporting information: Study protocol
Time frame: 2019
Access criteria: Contact Maxine Kuczawski for details
Data sharing details ↗ · www.sheffield.ac.uk
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