Evaluation of Warwickshire Frailty Admission Avoidance pathway
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An evaluation of the South Warwickshire Frailty Admission Avoidance in the Community Pathway: a mixed methods study
IRAS ID
315870
Contact name
Daniel Lasserson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Warwick
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 9 months, 30 days
Research summary
The South Warwickshire Frailty Admission Avoidance in the community pathway is an innovative care model piloted in South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust. The service involves West Midlands Ambulance Service consulting a dedicated community team and frailty teams when assessing frail elderly patients to determine if hospital admission is required if the patient can be cared for in the community.
This research study aims to evaluate the South Warwickshire Frailty Admission Avoidance pathway to find out the scope of the service and how it is working in practice. We will speak with key personnel in SWBH to find out how the model functions and gather documents relating to how the model is intended to run. We will look at electronic data that is routinely collected on patients that have been cared for in this service to understand the movement of patients through the service and the activities that constitute the care they receive. We will then speak with a broad range of stakeholders including patients, carers and people involved in the set up and implementation of South Warwickshire Frailty Admission Avoidance pathway to explore their experiences and what works and why, as well as any challenges. We will then put together our findings and discuss them with a group of stakeholders including members of the public to agree on recommendations for improvement of the service.
We are working with a Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) panel to ensure issues that are important to patients and the public are central to the study.
REC name
Social Care REC
REC reference
22/IEC08/0021
Date of REC Opinion
28 Oct 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion