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.