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dc.contributor.authorCupit, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorPaton, Alexis
dc.contributor.authorBoyle, Elaine M
dc.contributor.authorPillay, Thillagavathie
dc.contributor.authorArmstrong, Natalie
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-03T10:35:06Z
dc.date.available2022-08-03T10:35:06Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-27
dc.identifier.citationCupit, C., Paton, A., Boyle, E., Pillay, T., Armstrong, N. (2022) Managerial thinking in neonatal care: a qualitative study of place of care decision-making for preterm babies born at 27–31 weeks gestation in England. BMJ Open, 12(6), e059428. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059428en
dc.identifier.issn2044-6055en
dc.identifier.pmid35760541 (pubmed)
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059428en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/624858
dc.description© 2022 The Authors. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/6/e059428en
dc.description.abstractObjectives Preterm babies born between 27 and 31 weeks of gestation in England are usually born and cared for in either a neonatal intensive care unit or a local neonatal unit—with such units forming part of Operational Delivery Networks. As part of a national project seeking to optimise service delivery for this group of babies (OPTI-PREM), we undertook qualitative research to better understand how decisions about place of birth and care are made and operationalised. Design Qualitative analysis of ethnographic observation data in neonatal units and semi-structured interviews with neonatal staff. Setting Six neonatal units across two neonatal networks in England. Two were neonatal intensive care units and four were local neonatal units. Participants Clinical staff (n=15) working in neonatal units, and people present in neonatal units during periods of observation. Results In the context of real-world neonatal practice, with multiple (and rapidly-evolving) uncertainties relating to mothers, babies and unit/network capacity, ‘best place of care’ protocols were only one element of much more complex decision-making processes. Staff often made judgements from a less-than-ideal starting point, and were forced to respond to evolving clinical and organisational factors. In particular, we report that managerial considerations relating to demand and capacity organised decision-making; demand and capacity management was time-consuming and generated various pressures on families, and tensions between staff. Conclusions Researchers and policymakers should take account of the organisational context within which place of care decisions are made. The dominance of demand and capacity management considerations is likely to limit the impact of other improvement interventions, such as initiatives to integrate families into the neonatal care provision. Demand and capacity management is an important element of neonatal care that may be overlooked, but significantly organises how care is delivered.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the National Institute for Health & Care Research, Health Services and Delivery Research Stream, Project number 15/70/104.en
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dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Groupen
dc.relation.urlhttps://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/6/e059428en
dc.rightsLicence for published version: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectneonatal intensive & critical careen
dc.subjecthealth services administration & managementen
dc.subjectfetal medicineen
dc.subjectsocial medicineen
dc.subjectneonatologyen
dc.subjectqualitative researchen
dc.titleManagerial thinking in neonatal care: a qualitative study of place of care decision-making for preterm babies born at 27-31 weeks gestation in Englanden
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn2044-6055
dc.identifier.journalBMJ Openen
dc.date.updated2022-07-29T16:09:56Z
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK caroline.cupit@le.ac.uk.
dc.identifier.articlenumbere059428
pubs.place-of-publicationEngland
dc.date.accepted2022-05-13
rioxxterms.funderHealth Services and Delivery Research Programmeen
rioxxterms.identifier.project15/70/104en
rioxxterms.versionVoRen
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2022-08-03en
dc.source.volume12
dc.source.issue6
dc.description.versionPublished version
refterms.dateFCD2022-08-03T10:34:38Z
refterms.versionFCDVoR
refterms.dateFOA2022-08-03T10:35:07Z


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