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New ways of working for adult social care workers

New ways of working for adult social care workers

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN26853886
Enrollment
85
Registered
2025-05-01
Start date
2025-01-02
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-11-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Delegated healthcare pilots Other

Interventions

The intervention will examine implementation and experiences of blended roles in Greater Manchester generally and in three boroughs, Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside, in more depth. The intervention seek

Sponsors

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Anyone, workforce or service user, who has taken part in the blended roles pilots. 2. Service users must have the capacity to consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not meeting the participant inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The enablers, barriers, benefits and intended outcomes of delegated healthcare measured using data collected during interviews with stakeholders at one timepoint

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The following secondary outcome measures will be assessed during interviews at one time point with each participant. Each interview will explore their experiences and outcomes, including: 1. Borough leads/NHS service leads/ASC commissioners: measures of cost effectiveness of blended roles, examples include reduction of admissions to hospital, reduced district nursing costs 2. Adult social care providers: improved business operations, examples include improved recruitment and retention 3. District nurses: improved working experiences, examples include reduced workloads, ability to focus on more complex cases 4. Care workers: improved working experiences, examples included more training, more meaningful work, improved pay 5. Service users: improved care, examples include more timely administration of insulin, which increases service user control and ability to eat at preferred times

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactCarol Atkinson
c.d.atkinson@mmu.ac.uk+44 (0)161 247 2000

Outcome results

None listed

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