Professional perspectives on facilitators and barriers for high quality provision of health, education and social care services to disabled children in England during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study
Key learning from this study for service recovery and planning for future emergencies is the need to be able to identify disabled children, classify their level of need and risk, assess the impact of loss of services and maintain clear communication across services to meet the needs of disabled children. Finally, services need to work collaboratively with families to develop child-centred care to strengthen resilience during service disruption.
Authors
- Catherine Exley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3570-7503)
- Jeremy Parr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2507-7878)
- Lindsay Pennington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4540-2586)
- Chloe Main
- Amanda Allard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3885-1719)
- Siân Russell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0094-7192)
- Hannah Merrick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2714-0129)
- Helen S. Driver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9971-5166)
- Christopher Morris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9916-507X)
- Lily Potts
Institutions
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Cumbria Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Action for Children (GB)
- Great North Children's Hospital (GB)
- Newcastle University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085143
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care