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Disconnection: the user voice within the wound dressing supply chain

Disconnection: the user voice within the wound dressing supply chain
Disconnection: the user voice within the wound dressing supply chain
Aim: this study examined the user voice in England’s National Health Service (NHS) wound dressing supply chain.

Background: the impetus for this work came from involvement in a collaboration between industry and clinicians, entitled Woundcare Research for Appropriate Products. Experiences from that study highlighted the notable absence of research about the impact of the supply chain on the users of dressings.

Method: interview data are presented following an outline of the grounded theory method used. These data were obtained from key stakeholders (n = 41) within the wound dressing supply chain such as nurses, manufacturers, distributors, professional organizations, government organizations and user groups.

Results: the consequences of supply disconnection revealed haphazard supply, unmet user needs and lack of information transfer between player groups.

Conclusions and implications for nursing management: these consequences explain the lack of user voice in the supply chain and have far-reaching implications for nursing management, through purchasing decisions and nurses’ management of wound care
0966-0429
204-213
Campling, N.
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Grocott, P.
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Cowley, S.
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Campling, N.
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Grocott, P.
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Campling, N., Grocott, P. and Cowley, S. (2008) Disconnection: the user voice within the wound dressing supply chain. Journal of Nursing Management, 16 (2), 204-213. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2834.2007.00818.x).

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Abstract

Aim: this study examined the user voice in England’s National Health Service (NHS) wound dressing supply chain.

Background: the impetus for this work came from involvement in a collaboration between industry and clinicians, entitled Woundcare Research for Appropriate Products. Experiences from that study highlighted the notable absence of research about the impact of the supply chain on the users of dressings.

Method: interview data are presented following an outline of the grounded theory method used. These data were obtained from key stakeholders (n = 41) within the wound dressing supply chain such as nurses, manufacturers, distributors, professional organizations, government organizations and user groups.

Results: the consequences of supply disconnection revealed haphazard supply, unmet user needs and lack of information transfer between player groups.

Conclusions and implications for nursing management: these consequences explain the lack of user voice in the supply chain and have far-reaching implications for nursing management, through purchasing decisions and nurses’ management of wound care

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Accepted/In Press date: 12 July 2007
Published date: 4 February 2008
Organisations: Faculty of Health Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 376764
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/376764
ISSN: 0966-0429
PURE UUID: 87849408-f466-492f-bead-82b4fe351710
ORCID for N. Campling: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4158-7894

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:52

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Author: N. Campling ORCID iD
Author: P. Grocott
Author: S. Cowley

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