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Can nurse practitioners and physician assistants ease pressure on emergency rooms?

NCT ID NCT04770766

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Kingston University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This completed study examined how using non-medical practitioners (like nurse practitioners and physician assistants) alongside doctors in English emergency departments and urgent treatment centres affects patient outcomes. Researchers analyzed data from 840 participants across multiple NHS trusts, looking at factors like return visits and waiting times. The goal was to recommend the best staff mix to improve care and efficiency.

What this could mean

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What this could lead to
If successful, this study could help hospitals decide the best mix of staff to improve patient care and reduce waiting times in emergency departments.
What could go wrong
This is an observational study, not a clinical trial testing a new treatment. It cannot prove cause and effect, and results may not apply to all hospitals.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

840 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Mar 2021

Finished

Mar 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

The study population varies for each of the study components, but is encompassed within the following: * patients attended at Emergency Departments and Urgent Treatment Centres in England 2017-2022 * staff working closely with and stakeholders to the non-medical practitioner workforce in Emergency Departments and Urgent Treatment Centres in England

Ages

Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: * All NHS trusts: - all in England * Case study trusts: six NHS trusts in England exhibiting different non-medical practitioner to other clinician skill-mix ratios, and giving board-level consent to participation * Stakeholders: senior NHS clinicians, managers, commissioners and lay representatives with roles and interests in the non-medical practitioner workforce * Staff observation: non-medical practitioners and junior doctors-in-training in one of six NHS case study trusts who volunteer to being observed in practice for specified time periods * Staff interviews: staff working with non-medical practitioners and junior doctors-in-training in one of six NHS case study trusts who volunteer to be interviewed * Patient questionnaire: patients attending the Emergency Department in one of the six NHS case study trusts during specified study data collection periods who agree to take a questionnaire for completion * Patient interviews: patients attending the Emergency Department in one of the six NHS case study trusts during specified study data collection periods who return a completed questionnaire and volunteer to be interviewed Exclusion Criteria: * Patient data outside of the study time periods * Staff or patient volunteers in sub-groups (e.g. personal characteristics or roles) that are already represented /over-represented amongst volunteer participants * those for whom English is difficult to understand or speak/do not have someone with them who can interpret or support.

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Conditions

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Emergencies

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Emergencies

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

    Kingston, Surrey, KT2 7LB, United Kingdom

  • St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    London, London, SW17 0QT, United Kingdom

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