TY - JOUR AU - Lee, George AU - Clough, Oliver T. AU - Walker, Joseph A. AU - Anakwe, Raymond E. PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/12 TI - The perception of patient safety in an alternate site of care for elective surgery during the first wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom: a survey of 158 patients JO - Patient Safety in Surgery SP - 11 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - We undertook a prospective qualitative survey to ascertain the perceptions and experience of National Health Service patients in the United Kingdom who underwent planned or elective procedures and surgery at alternate ‘clean’ hospital sites during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. These alternate ‘clean’ hospital sites were independent hospitals running active staff and patient testing programmes for COVID-19 and which did not admit or treat patients suffering with COVID-19. SN - 1754-9493 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13037-021-00284-8 DO - 10.1186/s13037-021-00284-8 ID - Lee2021 ER -