MSK Health Hub
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Design, implementation, and evaluation of an innovative rehabilitation pathway (MSK Health Hub)
IRAS ID
305792
Contact name
Anthony Gilbert
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
n/a, n/a
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
We are developing a new and innovative musculoskeletal rehabilitation service in North London. We will be generating new, transferrable knowledge about the design of rehabilitation pathways. This ethics application surrounds the formal conduct of qualitative interviews and access to routinely collected data to inform the design and evaluation of the service. The project will be conducted across four phases, with the first three informing the final phase which will be the design, implementation and evaluation of the new service. The design will take place based on pooled data from phases 1-3. The evaluation will be phase 4.
The overall structure of the project is as follows:
Phase 1: Establish new ultrasound pathway – (currently being undertaken as part of usual practice) **this ethics application** – to evaluate the pathway using qualitative interviews with patients at the RNOH site.
Phase 2: Optimise patients on the orthopaedic waiting list – (currently being undertaken as part of usual practice based on participant engagement event) **this ethics application** – to evaluate patient experience using qualitative interviews; to inform the design of future orthopaedic pathways using qualitative interviews at the Royal Free site (including the Royal Free, Barnet and Chase Farm).
Phase 3: Establish management pathway for high volume, low complexity orthopaedic patients (currently being undertaken as part of usual practice based on participant engagement event) **this ethics application** – to evaluate patient experience using qualitative interviews; to inform the design of future orthopaedic pathways using qualitative interviews at the Royal Free site (including the Royal Free, Barnet and Chase Farm).
Phase 4: Design, implement and evaluate new rehabilitation pathway **this ethics application** – to design (based at RFH) and evaluate (based at the Enfield clinic) the new rehabilitation pathway. [NB a future amendment will be made when the premises for the Enfield site is established].
REC name
London - Surrey Borders Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/PR/1345
Date of REC Opinion
15 Oct 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion