Table 1

Community visits

Staffing variableT1 n (%)T2 n (%)Difference
All staff contacts (N.B. joint visits >1 staff contacts)54764690−786
All solo visits46024220−382
All joint visits874470−404
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.