Asking parents about out-of-hospital models of acute care

Abstract

In reference to the published article by Viner et al ,1 I would like to share the results of our recently conducted research (IRAS number 245821) and comment on its relevance to the structure of the care provided for children in the National Health Service (NHS).\n\nThe aforementioned evidence1 suggests that a large proportion of children presenting to paediatric emergency departments (EDs) could be managed in proposed out-of-hospital models of care (OOHMs) described by the Five Year Forward View (FYFV) and the NHS Long Term Plan2 (LTP) but makes no assessment of patient choice and behaviour.\n\nThe primary objective of our mixed method study was to evaluate whether parents would choose the new OOHMs if established instead of EDs and explore …