Staffing variable | T1 n (%) | T2 n (%) | Difference |
All staff contacts (N.B. joint visits >1 staff contacts) | 5476 | 4690 | −786 |
All solo visits | 4602 | 4220 | −382 |
All joint visits | 874 | 470 | −404 |
Senior medical staff joint visits (consultant) | 82 (1) | 33 (1) | −49 |
Senior medical staff solo visits (consultant) | 47 (1) | 30 (1) | −17 |
Senior nurse joint visits (band 6 and 7) | 659 (12) | 232 (5) | −427 |
Senior nurse solo visits (band 6 and 7) | 4540 (83) | 3616 (77) | −924 |
Junior nurse solo visits (band 5) | 1 (0) | 365 (8) | 364 |
Junior nurse joint visits (band 5) | 4 (0) | 128 (3) | 124 |
Junior medical staff joint visits (registrar) | 129 (2) | 77 (2) | −52 |
Junior medical staff solo visits (registrar) | 14 (0) | 209 (4) | 195 |
‘Visits’ are all members of staff attending hospice community palliative care home visits for 2×10 month periods for T1 (March–December 2015) and T2 (March–December 2016). % are rounded to the nearest whole figure.