Table 1

Data collected for each trust

Trust pseudonym
CedarOakBirchElmTotal
Wards, n32218
Specialty2 intermediate care;
1 vascular
2 elderly care1 elderly care;
1 acute abdominal medicine and surgery
Haematology, neurology, oncology and stroke
Staff members who attended YCNY trainingCedar 1: ward manager, healthcare assistant, rehabilitation assistant
Cedar 2: two nurses, two rehabilitation support workers
Cedar 3: three nurses, nurse associate, deputy matron
Oak 1: two nurses, healthcare assistant, three occupational therapists
Oak 2: Principal Investigator, matron, two nurses, pharmacist, physiotherapist
Birch 1: three clinical support workers
Birch 2: eight nurses, discharge coordinator, care support worker, ward manager
Principal Investigator, ward manager, stroke practitioner, advanced care practitioner, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, care support worker, nurse
Total hours of ethnographic fieldwork3216201381
Patient interviews964019
Staff interviews757423
Informal conversations with staff1987337
  • Names of trusts are pseudonyms. Each trust is denoted by the name of a tree (chosen at random).

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