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What are health care assistants’ experiences of redeployment?

What are health care assistants’ experiences of redeployment?

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN67766303
Enrollment
20
Registered
2025-04-14
Start date
2025-09-05
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-01-05

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

Conditions

Lived experiences of healthcare professionals affected by redeployment, focusing on its challenges and opportunities. Other

Interventions

The study will employ a qualitative approach, specifically a Husserlian approach of descriptive phenomenology, using epistemology. A purposeful sampling method will be used to recruit participants. Se

Sponsors

The Open University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Healthcare Support Worker / Healthcare Assistant 2. Impacted by redeployment (at least one shift) in the last twelve months 3. Employed in an NHS Trust or Foundation Trust in the NHSE Midlands Region

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Redeployment experience relates to an agency shift

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Healthcare assistant lived experiences of redeployment measured using qualitative interviews at the point of interview, the experience having occurred in the past 12 months for at least one shift and not as a result of an agency shift.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Healthcare assistant perceptions of patient care impact of staff redeployment measured using qualitative interviews at the point of interview, the redeployment experience having occurred in the past 12 months for at least one shift and not as a result of an agency shift. Healthcare assistant suggestions of what aspects a good staff redeployment would possess measured using qualitative interviews at the point of interview, the redeployment experience having occurred in the past 12 months for at least one shift and not as a result of an agency shift.

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactBen Richards
ben.richards@open.ac.uk+44 (0)300 123 1535 (ext 6661)

Outcome results

None listed

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