Using IF-THEN Plans to Support Healthcare Professionals in Raising Patient Safety Concerns

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Conditions studied: Patient Safety Concerns

In brief

This study aims to test whether a brief behavioural intervention can help healthcare professionals raise and respond to patient safety concerns in their work. Healthcare professionals are often encouraged to speak up about safety risks, but barriers such as time pressure, uncertainty, and workplace culture can make this difficult. Participants will complete an online questionnaire about their experiences of patient safety risks and how often they raise concerns. They will then be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will complete a short planning exercise ("if-then" plans) designed to help them act when they notice safety concerns, while the other group will not receive this exercise. Participants will be invited to complete follow-up questionnaires at approximately one month and six months to assess how often they have raised or responded to safety concerns since taking part.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07506096

Run by

University of Manchester

People needed

1000

Starts

2026-05-31

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Aged 18 years and over
• Currently working as a healthcare professional in a health or social care setting
• Good understanding of written and spoken English

You may not qualify if…

• Aged under 18 years
• Not currently working as a healthcare professional in a health or social care setting
• Poor understanding of written and spoken English

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