Identifying parent preferences for care during a child's admission to hospital.

If you have a child or children aged 18 years or under, we are inviting you to take part in this survey as part of a research project to help hospitals understand what care factors are important for parents during child's stay in hospital and to improve patient safety and quality of care.

There are several parts to this survey.

1) Information and Consent Form. We will explain why the survey is important and explain what you will need to do. At the end of this section we will ask whether you agree to take part in the survey.

2) General questions. These questions will ask about you and your children's experience in hospital and some basic information about you. We will not be collecting any data that can identify you.

3) The Survey. We will present you with pairs of hospital scenarios that describe seven different topics relating to having a child in hospital and ask you to choose which hospital you prefer in each pair.

 4) Post-survey. We will ask you to identify which topic was the most difficult to understand.