Emergency and Urgent Care Pathways Clinical Trial
Official title:
Analysing Emergency and Urgent Care System Demand in Yorkshire and Humber: A Data-linkage Study of Pre-hospital, Emergency Department and Out of Hours Service Data
| NCT number | NCT03482271 |
| Other study ID # | USheffield |
| Secondary ID | |
| Status | Active, not recruiting |
| Phase | |
| First received | |
| Last updated | |
| Start date | January 1, 2017 |
| Verified date | February 2019 |
| Source | University of Sheffield |
| Contact | n/a |
| Is FDA regulated | No |
| Health authority | |
| Study type | 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.
| Status | Active, not recruiting |
| Enrollment | 7500000 |
| Est. completion date | |
| Est. primary completion date | December 31, 2019 |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | |
| Gender | All |
| Age group | N/A and older |
| Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - access urgent and emergency care services in Yorkshire and the Humber region between 2011 and 2017 Exclusion Criteria: |
| Country | Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | |||
| Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
|---|---|
| University of Sheffield | Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) |
| Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 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 | 2011-2017 | |
| Primary | NHS111 | Number of people accessing NHS111 and transferred to the emergency department by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, stratisfied by age, gender, presenting complaint, location | 2011-2017 | |
| Secondary | YAS | Number of people accessing the Yorkshire Ambulance Service and transferred to the emergency department, stratisfied by age, gender, presenting complaint, location | 2011-2017 | |
| Secondary | Direct ED | Number of people accessing the emergency department (directly), stratisfied by age, gender, presenting complaint, location | 2011-2017 |