Characteristics of participating hospital sites and their IBD services, number of directly observed consultations and number of electronic health record reviews
| Hospital | A | B | C | D | E | F | Total |
| Scale and scope of hospital* | |||||||
| Population served | 350 000 | 220 000 | 400 000 | 360 000 | 750 000 | 445 000 | N/A |
| Inpatient beds | 789 | 828 | 855 | 887 | 857 | 600 | N/A |
| Digital Maturity Assessment† | |||||||
| Readiness (%) | 86 | 99 | 87 | 70 | 86 | 57 | N/A |
| Capabilities (%) | 59 | 83 | 79 | 26 | 66 | 51 | N/A |
| Infrastructure (%) | 98 | 98 | 89 | 64 | 89 | 75 | N/A |
| Global digital exemplar | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3 | |||
| IBD services‡ | |||||||
| Gastroenterologists (WTE) | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 29 |
| IBD nurses (WTE) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Administrative support (WTE) | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Research active (trials and/or BioResource)37 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 3 | |||
| Observations of IBD consultations | |||||||
| Clinicians observed | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| Consultants (doctor) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Specialist trainees (doctor) | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 4 |
| IBD nurse specialist (nurse) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Patients observed | 24 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 102 |
| Review of electronic health records for observed patients | |||||||
| Consultation records reviewed | 211 | 148 | 144 | 134 | 165 | 107 | 909 |
| Clinicians recording consultations | 35 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 127 |
| Consultants (doctor) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 41 |
| Specialist trainees (doctor) | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 40 |
| Other grades (doctor) | – | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| Specialist nurses (nurse) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 33 |
The clinicians are categorised as doctors (consultants, specialist trainees and other grades) and IBD specialist nurses.
*Source: Trust Annual Reports and Accounts 2017–2018 (available online).
†Source: NHS England (available online).20
‡Figures provided by sites for status of service in 2018–2019.
IBD, inflammatory bowel disease.