General practice management after transition events: protocol for an experience-based co-design study

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Figure 1. Stages of the evidence-based co-design process as modified for GP-MATE

Table 1. Methods for addressing ethical issues during the creation of the trigger film for GP-MATE

Ethical consideration	Method used to address consideration in GP-MATE
Ethical issues arising from interviewing a vulnerable population group	Patients will be interviewed by an academic GP and/or a community pharmacist who is used to speaking to frail and vulnerable older people after discharge from hospital.
Potential for safety of care issues being raised during the video interview	All issues raised will be handled sensitively and the researcher and/or clinician interviewer will understand if a safety of care issue has been raised that needs reporting back to the patients’ care team. The need for a researcher to disclose any evidence of serious professional misconduct or safeguarding concern will be made clear in the relevant participant information sheets.
Potential for patient to become distressed during the video interview	Interviews can be stopped at any time should the participant wish to do so or becomes distressed.
Potential for identification of patients who lack capacity to consent to appear on video	When a patient lacks capacity to consent to appear on film, personal consultee agreement from their next of kin will be sought and/or their carer interviewed instead.
Need for consent for the video to appear online in the public domain	The film will be available publicly in perpetuity and this will be explicit in the consent forms produced.