CARE Qualitative Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Cardiac Surgery Aftercare and Recovery Evluation (CARE) - Understanding patients' and carers' views about the care received after leaving hosptial following cardiac surgery: a qualitative study.
IRAS ID
353739
Contact name
Elizabeth Lumley
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
Over 30,000 people have heart surgery in the UK every year. Heart surgery is safe, but around 1 in 5 people having heart surgery will be readmitted to hospital in the year after their operation. There is no research that tells us why they come back into hospital. It may be because they have a complication from the heart surgery, such as an irregular heart rhythm. Or it may be because they have other health problems which the heart surgery has made worse. We want to find out what care is provided to people after heart surgery and what patients and healthcare staff
think should be offered to prevent people coming back to hospital.
The overall aim of this Programme Development Grant is to undertake preparatory work that will allow us to identify the best approach to improve care after hospital discharge for people having heart surgery.REC name
London - Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
26/PR/0292
Date of REC Opinion
26 Mar 2026
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion