TABLE 1.
Description of respondents
| Characteristic | Respondents, n = 29 (%) |
|---|---|
| Professional background | |
| Midwifery | 12 (41.4) |
| Obstetrics | 6 (20.7) |
| Health visiting a | 3 (10.3) |
| Other medical specializations (e.g. internal medicine) | 2 (6.9) |
| Anesthesia | 2 (6.9) |
| Neonatology | 1 (3.4) |
| Nursing | 1 (3.4) |
| Imaging sciences | 1 (3.4) |
| Clerical | 1 (3.4) |
| Maintenance/Cleaning/Security b | 0 (0.0) |
| Position (level of seniority and/or primary responsibility) | |
| Frontline clinician (e.g. junior doctors, midwives) | 14 (48.3) |
| Senior clinician (e.g. consultants) | 4 (13.8) |
| Clinical manager (e.g. clinical staff responsible for delivery of a team) | 4 (13.8) |
| Strategic leadership (e.g. clinical staff with senior management responsibilities) | 4 (13.8) |
| Research (e.g. Clinically trained staff whose main role is to deliver clinical research) | 2 (6.9) |
| Administrative (e.g. medical secretaries and office managers) | 1 (3.4) |
| Maintenance/Cleaning/Security b (e.g. service staff) | 0 (0.0) |
| Years of experience (mean = 16.2 years) | |
| >5 years | 3 (10.3) |
| 6–10 years | 7 (24.1) |
| 11–20 years | 10 (34.5) |
| 21+ years | 9 (31.0) |
| Years of experience at this trust (mean = 9.4 years) | |
| >5 years | 10 (34.5) |
| 6–10 years | 10 (34.5) |
| 11–20 years | 9 (31.0) |
| 21+ years | 0 (0.0) |
| Redeployed e | |
| Yes | 7 (24.1) |
| No | 22 (75.9) |
| Age (mean = 44.6 years) | |
| 18–24 | 0 (0.0) |
| 25–34 | 5 (17.2) |
| 35–44 | 10 (34.5) |
| 45–54 | 10 (34.5) |
| 55–64 | 4 (13.8) |
| ≥65 | 0 (0.0) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 26 (89.7) |
| Male | 3 (10.3) |
| Ethnicity c | |
| White (White British, White Irish, White Gypsy/Traveler, White Other) | 19 (65.5) |
| Black (Black African, Black Caribbean, Black Other) | 5 (17.2) |
| Asian (Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, Asian Other) | 3 (10.3) |
| Mixed (Mixed White/Asian, Mixed White/Black African, Mixed White/Black Caribbean, Mixed Other) | 2 (6.9) |
| Other (Arab, any other) | 0 (0.0) |
| Has had a positive COVID‐19 diagnosis d | |
| Yes | 8 (27.6) |
| No | 18 (62.1) |
| Possibly (unconfirmed) | 3 (10.3) |
| Clinically vulnerable to COVID‐19 | |
| Yes | 2 (6.9) |
| No | 27 (93.1) |
| Clinically vulnerable household or immediate family member | |
| Yes | 4 (13.8) |
| No | 25 (86.2) |
In the UK, Health Visitors are nurses or midwives who have undertaken additional training in community public health nursing to become specialist community public health nurses.
Although recruitment was also open to members of staff from maintenance, cleaning, and security, we were unable to recruit any respondents from these aspects of the service.
Ethnicity was defined by respondents in response to the question: “Could you tell me the ethnicity with which you identify?”, and then grouped according to UK Government population statistics categories.
Respondents were recorded as “Possibly (Unconfirmed)” when they believed they had contracted COVID‐19, but never received clinical diagnosis.
Respondents were only deemed to have been redeployed when they had been asked to work in a clinical area where they had not previously worked as part of their contracted role at the Trust, or where their rotational working pattern had been completely re‐designed due to COVID‐19 service delivery reconfigurations.