ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2018
A cross-sectional survey of mental health service users', carers' and professionals' priorities for patient safety in the United Kingdom.
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- What does safety in mental healthcare transitions mean for service users and other stakeholder groups: An open-ended questionnaire study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2021Article
- A qualitative exploration of mental health service user and carer perspectives on safety issues in UK mental health services.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2020Article
- A cross-sectional survey of mental health service users', carers' and professionals' priorities for patient safety in the United Kingdom.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2018Article
- Service user and carer involvement in mental health care safety: raising concerns and improving the safety of services.BMC health services research · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundEstablishing patient safety priorities in psychiatry has received less international attention than in other areas of health care. This study aimed to identify safety issues as described by people in the United Kingdom identifying as mental health service users, carers and professionals.
methodsA cross-sectional online survey was distributed via social media. Identified safety issues were mapped onto the Yorkshire Contributory Factors Framework (YCFF) which categorizes factors that contribute to patient safety incidents in general hospital settings. Service user and carer responses were described separately from professional responses using descriptive statistics.
resultsOne hundred and eighty-five responses from 95 service users and carers and 90 professionals were analysed. Seventy different safety issues were identified. These were mapped onto the 17 existing categories of the YCFF and two additional categories created to form the YCFF-MH. Most frequently identified issues were as follows: "Individual characteristics" (of staff) which included competence and listening skills; "Service process" that contained concerns about waiting times; "Management of staff and staffing levels" dominated by staffing levels; and "External policy context" which included the overall resourcing of services. Professionals identified staffing levels and inadequate community provision more frequently than service users and carers, who in turn identified crisis care more frequently.
conclusionsThis study updates knowledge on stakeholder perceived safety issues across mental health care. It shows a far broader range of issues relating to safety than has previously been described. The YCFF was successfully modified to describe these issues and areas for further coproduced research are suggested.
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