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The Core Study - Exploring the implementation of maternity and neonatal multi-professional training in England

Improving maternity and neonatal care in England: a formative evaluation of the implementation of the Core Competency Framework to improve multi-professional practice

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN17083933
Enrollment
61
Registered
2024-11-12
Start date
2025-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-09-08

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Conditions

Multi-professional maternity and neonatal training Other

Interventions

A mixed-methods national online survey will be distributed on two occasions (around one year apart) among all maternity and neonatal units in England. An ethnographic study will be conducted in six

Sponsors

King's College London
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Maternity and neonatal unit organisational lead for the Core Competency Framework (CCF) v2 Participation in semi-structured interviews: 1. Take a lead role in, or support the delivery of multi-professional safety and training at one of the participating NHS Trusts 2. Are the local MNVP chair or other service users involved in training, governance lead head of service, or the local LMNS representative involved in supporting delivery of the CCF, and give consent to be interviewed Participation in local joint interpretive forums: 1. Staff members from each of the six study sites in the MET team, senior maternity and neonatal managers, LMNS and MNVP representatives and others with a lead role in training and quality improvement Service users: 1. Aged 18 years old and over 2. Gave birth in the past year in one of the six participating NHS Hospital Trusts 3. Willing to participate and give consent to do so

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet the pParticipant inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
This is an observational study based predominantly on qualitative data to evaluate the implementation of the Core Competency Framework (CCF). Implementation will be assessed in the following ways: 1. The adoption, adaption and implementation across time, of the CCF in maternity and neonatal units in England is measured using a survey based on the TIDIER checklist and a NoMAD survey at baseline and one year 2. Staff attitudes and opinions about the CCF among the Multi-professional Education Training (MET) team and senior maternity and neonatal leaders, and its implementation in their organisation are measured using semi-structured interviews at various undefined timepoints from baseline to one year 3. Ethnographic observations of the implementation of staff training and associated training-related activities at various undefined timepoints from baseline to one year 4. Service users’ perceptions and experiences of competent maternity and neonatal care that they trust and in which they have confidence are measured using semi-structured interviews at various undefined timepoints from baseline to month seven

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
There are no secondary outcome measures

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactRebecca Whybrow
rebecca.whybrow@kcl.ac.uk+44 (0)2078482792

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026