Demographics
Of the 20 participants, eleven represented teaching hospitals, seven
represented district general hospitals, one was from an intermediate
care facility and one was from a mental health Trust. Participants were
drawn from across Great Britain. Consensus sample size was therefore
achieved i.e. greater than 10 participants for ‘acute Trusts’ and it is
for this setting only that the validation of the CPWC has been
conducted. Sample size for community hospitals and mental health units
was not achieved. Staffing levels varied widely across the participant’s
sites, with teaching hospitals having around a third more staff for the
equivalent bed base compared to district general hospitals.