Identifying primary care patient safety research priorities in the UK: a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES:To identify the top 10 unanswered research questions for primary care patient safety research. DESIGN:A modified nominal group technique. SETTING:UK. PARTICIPANTS:Anyone with experience of primary care including: patients, carers and healthcare professionals. 341 patients and 86 healthcare professionals submitted questions. MAIN OUTCOMES:A top 10, and top 30, future research questions for primary care patient safety. RESULTS:443 research questions were submitted by 341 patients and 86 healthcare professionals, through a national survey. After checking for relevance and rephrasing, a total of 173 questions were collated into themes. The themes were largely focused on communication, team and system working, interfaces across primary and secondary care, medication, self-management support and technology. The questions were then prioritised through a national survey, the top 30 questions were taken forward to the final prioritisation workshop. The top 10 research questions focused on the most vulnerable in society, holistic whole-person care, safer communication and coordination between care providers, work intensity, continuity of care, suicide risk, complex care at home and confidentiality. CONCLUSIONS:This study was the first national prioritisation exercise to identify patient and healthcare professional priorities for primary care patient safety research. The research priorities identified a range of important gaps in the existing evidence to inform everyday practice to address primary care patient safety.

journal_name

BMJ Open

journal_title

BMJ open

authors

Morris RL,Stocks SJ,Alam R,Taylor S,Rolfe C,Glover SW,Whitcombe J,Campbell SM

doi

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020870

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-02-28 00:00:00

pages

e020870

issue

2

issn

2044-6055

pii

bmjopen-2017-020870

journal_volume

8

pub_type

杂志文章

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