Hospital at Home in Scotland evaluation: phase 1 findings report

Appendix C - Hospital at Home Health and Social Care Workforce Survey Questionnaire 2025^[28]

Q1. Which of the following best reflects your current role?

1. GP

2. Allied Health Professional

3. Nurse

4. Advanced Nurse Practitioner

5. Advanced Clinical Practitioner

6. Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner

7. Pharmacist

8. Consultant

9. Speciality Doctor

10. Clinical Fellow

11. Resident Doctor

12. Manager

13. Other

Q2. Which NHS Health Board do you work in?

1. NHS Ayrshire & Arran

2. NHS Borders

3. NHS Dumfries and Galloway

4. NHS Fife

5. NHS Forth Valley

6. NHS Grampian

7. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

8. NHS Highland

9. NHS Lanarkshire

10. NHS Lothian

11. NHS Orkney

12. NHS Shetland

13. NHS Tayside

14. NHS Western Isles

15. NHS Golden Jubilee

16. I’m not based in a territorial Health Board

Q3. Which of the following best reflects your main area of work?

1. General Practice [Route to Q12]

2. Primary care out-of-hours [Route to Q12]

3. Hospital at Home team [Route to Q4]

4. Specialist team which includes delivering Hospital at Home care [Route to Q4]

5. Hospital inpatient emergency medicine [Route to Q12]

6. ED / MIU based emergency medicine [Route to Q12]

7. Scottish Ambulance Service [Route to Q12]

8. Community/District Nursing [Route to Q12]

9. Community Pharmacy [Route to Q12]

10. Acute setting/Secondary care pharmacy [Route to Q12]

11. Flow Navigation Centre [Route to Q12]

12. NHS 24 [Route to Q12]

Q4. Which of the following Hospital at Home pathways are you involved in delivering? (Select all that apply)

1. Acute/Older adults

2. Respiratory

3. Heart Failure

4. OPAT

5. Paediatrics

6. Neonatal

Q5. Thinking about the Hospital at Home pathway you are involved in delivering in your Health Board, how would you describe the current status of the service?

1. Well established

2. Reasonably well established

3. Recently introduced and receiving referrals

4. Under development but not yet launched or receiving referrals

Q6. Thinking about your team which delivers or is preparing to deliver Hospital at Home care, to what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements:

a) There are enough staff in my team to meet the level of demand

b) The skill set across my team is sufficient to meet our requirements

c) My team is able to fill vacancies quickly and effectively

d) I have the required medical equipment to undertake my work effectively

e) I have the required IT equipment, including hardware and software, to undertake my work effectively

Response options = 1 (Strongly agree), 2 (Agree), 3 (Neither agree nor disagree), 4 (Disagree), 5 (Strongly disagree), 6 (I don’t know)

Q7. Thinking about your team which delivers or is preparing to deliver Hospital at Home care, to what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements:

a) Relevant training and professional development opportunities are available

b) My team has clear goals and strategies for improving efficiency and expanding our service

c) My service has clearly defined and agreed referral criteria

d) My service proactively engages with our referral pathways, for example through sharing standard operating procedures and referral criteria

e) My team has clear process for gathering and responding to feedback from patients, families, referrers and other stakeholders

Response options = 1 (Strongly agree), 2 (Agree), 3 (Neither agree nor disagree), 4 (Disagree), 5 (Strongly disagree), 6 (I don’t know)

Q8. To what extent does your senior leadership actively promote Hospital at Home?

1. Strong promotion

2. Some promotion

3. Limited promotion

4. Very little or no promotion

Q9. What do you think are the main barriers that need to be overcome to improve the delivery of Hospital at Home Care? (Free-text question)

Q10. Please share any successful practices or processes that your team has introduced to improve your delivery of Hospital at Home Care? (Free-text question)

Q11. What do you think should be the key priorities for the future direction of Hospital at Home? (Free-text question)

Q12. How often do you refer patients to a Hospital at Home service?

1. Very often

2. Quite often

3. Not often

4. Rarely

5. Very rarely

6. Never [Route to Q14]

7. I’m not aware of any available Hospital at Home services in my Health Board (Route to end of survey)

Q13. How would you describe the process of referring patients to a Hospital at Home service?

1. Almost always straightforward

2. Mostly straightforward

3. Sometimes straightforward and sometimes difficult

4. Mostly difficult

5. Almost always difficult

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Q14. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements:

a) I have a clear understanding of the referral criteria for Hospital at Home services in my Health Board

b) The Hospital at Home team(s) in my Health Board actively engage with me/my team to share their patient referral criteria

c) Where clinically appropriate, I would actively seek to refer a patient to an available Hospital at Home service

d) I’m confident that the Hospital at Home services in my area provide a high quality of patient care

Response options = 1 (Strongly agree), 2 (Agree), 3 (Neither agree nor disagree), 4 (Disagree), 5 (Strongly disagree), 6 (I don’t know)

Q15. In your own words, please share your views on the Hospital at Home pathway. This could include any positive impacts of the service, or any challenges or limitations with the service. (Free-text question)

Q16. What changes or improvements to the Hospital at Home referral process would support or encourage you to refer more patients to Hospital at Home? (Free-text question)

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