A multi-centre community intervention trial to evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of Emergency Care Practitoners

ISRCTN	ISRCTN22085282
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN22085282
Protocol serial number	SDO/98/2005
Sponsor	NHS Service Delivery and Organisation Research and Development programme (UK)
Funder	NHS Service Delivery and Organisation Research and Development programme (UK) (ref: SDO/98/2005)

Submission date: 19/12/2006
Registration date: 08/05/2007
Last edited: 23/02/2012

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Other

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Ms Suzanne Mason
Scientific

Health Services Research
ScHARR
University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)114 222 0694
Email	s.mason@sheffield.ac.uk

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Pragmatic multicentre community intervention trial (using mixed methods).
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
Scientific title
Study acronym	NEECaP (National Evaluation of Emergency Care Practitioners schemes)
Study objectives	Aims: 1. To evaluate the appropriateness, quality and safety of care of Emergency Care Practitioners (ECPs) 2. To evaluate patient satisfaction and health outcomes after care given by ECPs 3. To examine the impact of ECP schemes on existing staff in emergency and unscheduled care services by assessing the impact of the new role on ECPs, other health care providers and managers 4. To evaluate the costs associated with integrating ECPs into the existing workforce 5. To examine the service level impact of ECPs on emergency and unscheduled care service performance
Ethics approval(s)	Multicentre Research Ethics Committee (MREC) for Scotland on 23/03/2006 (ref: 06/MRE00/20)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Emergency Care
Intervention	Emergency care practitioner schemes intended to provide alternative care for patients in emergency and unscheduled care settings, versus care as usual.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Patient outcomes: 1. Experiences and satisfaction 2. Patient health status 3. Quality and safety of care Workforce outcomes: 1. Impact of the ECP roles on self and others
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Effect of ECPs on overall performances of local service, strategic impact and economic evaluation 2. Consolidation of research methodologies for evaluating role substitution in health care, costs and system level impact
Completion date	01/07/2007

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target sample size at registration	7200
Key inclusion criteria	All patients who are eligible to be seen by an ECP and present to the appropriate service with a clinical condition that the ECP either actually manages or would manage if there was an ECP available will be included.
Key exclusion criteria	Patients who are not eligible to be attended by an ECP.
Date of first enrolment	01/07/2006
Date of final enrolment	01/07/2007

Locations

Countries of recruitment

United Kingdom
England

Study participating centre

Health Services Research

Sheffield
S1 4DA
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/04/2007		Yes	No
Results article	results	01/01/2012		Yes	No
Results article	results	01/04/2012		Yes	No
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes