We are funded to do research on the outcome of births by time of day and day of the week. It's a data linkage study. So far we have been held up by 15 months by the Health and Social Care Information Centre not giving us access to data despite having multiple ethics and Section 251 permissions and doing it in a secure environment at ONS. We are just negotiating our Variation to Contract.
So no results yet.
Maternity has always been a 24 hour service and left to their own devices, babies have a slight preference for emerging at night. Needless to say, the obstetric profession prefers to get them out between 9 and 5 on weekdays.
Alison
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Sent: 21 July 2015 07:05
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Coming at this question from another angle, is anyone aware of research into how demand varies by day of the week?
Although infectious disease is, presumably, not affected by day of the week effects, accident rates may vary as will referrals from other parts of health care.
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Professor Andrea Manca has found the following papers which may be of interest with regards an economic evaluation
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hec.3207/abstract;jsessionid=F16A0E8338259BFD762440A79198820A.f01t03
and this blog elaborates on it:
http://aheblog.com/2015/06/04/the-economics-of-a-7-day-nhs/
best wishes
Catey
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At 15:41 20/07/2015 +0000, Macfarlane, Alison wrote:
>This is not the only paper on this subject:
>Goddard AF, Lees P. Higher seniority staffing levels at weekend and
>reduced mortality. BMJ 2012; 344:a67.
>National Patient Safety Agency. Hospital at Night. Patient Safety Risk
>Assessment Guide. London: NHS Modernisation Agency, 2005.
That's certainly true, In addition to the two sources you mention, the first 7 references in the paper I linked to are on the same subject. I assumed that people would 'follow their noses' from that reference list without my drwaing attention to it!
Kind Regards,
John
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