| 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. |