1. | What are the current duties/activities performed by the weekend allied health service? (Map the service on the ward). Why are they performing these roles? |
2. | What do you think are the advantages of having a weekend allied health service? What sorts of patients on your ward most benefit from your current weekend allied health service and how? What makes it effective or cost effective? |
3. | What are the disadvantages of the weekend allied health service? What do you think are the main threats to effectiveness or cost effectiveness? |
4. | Are there particular allied health services that are most valuable at the weekend for your ward, eg OT, Physio, SW? |
5. | Are there any duties/activities performed by weekend allied health staff that could be could be done earlier in the week? |
6. | Are there any duties currently performed by weekend allied health staff that could be done by others who are present during the weekend (e.g. nursing, medical staff)? |
7. | Are there any duties/activities performed by weekend allied health staff that could be put off until Monday? |
8. | What concerns do you have about the withdrawal of the weekend allied health service? What is the reasoning behind these concerns? Are they based on evidence, experience or something else? |
9. | Do you have any suggestions about how the weekend allied health service could be improved? |
10. | How easy or difficult do you think it would be to change procedures in order to make these improvements? |
11. | Are there any other comments you would like to make? |