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Special Schools’ Voice – Nursing Provision in Specialist Schools Research
In 2020, Special Schools’ Voice (SSV) established a Medicines in Specialist Settings (MiSS) Group and ESC was commissioned to lead a research project into nursing provision in specialist education settings.
ESC’s objectives were to;
- Design and implement a research project which would provide SSV with an evidenced based picture of the status of nursing services in specialist settings.
- Ensure a quality piece of research that could be shared with the Department for Education and NHS England to advance discussions regarding nursing provision within the sector.
What ESC did
- Designed a data collection survey that would capture appropriate quantitative and qualitative data from specialist education settings.
- Undertook data analysis using coding and thematic analysis.
- Interpreted and presented findings in a report including recommendations for next steps.
Impact
- Data collected from 179 specialist settings across England and Wales which provided a rich picture of the commissioning and provision arrangements for nursing services and the experiences of specialist setting leaders.
- High quality research report produced to provide evidence and direction for future work within this sector.