Table 5 Patient reflections
Domain | Comment |
Privacy hospital | I did find that a quite intimidating atmosphere to be in. You are very much conscious of the fact that there were a lot of sick people |
Privacy hospital | When I first went in I thought well this is not very private at all…. actually as I sat and watched, I thought no, these people are sharing conversation with each other.. there was a kind of bonding that went on between the patients and that I remember thinking that it’s been very, very well thought out and planned, so having seen that and thought this was fantastic |
Privacy home | My daughter didn’t want to see me having the chemotherapy |
Privacy home | I know I sound a bit weird, but there is also the thing that if you are treating the cancer at home, then the cancer is at home |
Convenience GP vs hospital | I only came fourteen miles, but it took me an hour to get here, whereas it would have only taken me five minutes if I was at the GP |
Convenience home | It is brilliant being at home just the only time taken up is the actual infusion, I don’t have the 60 min journey into [hospital] and find a parking space and I don’t have to sit around waiting in the reception for oncology… it’s so much better for me |
Financial hospital | Lots of hospital visits, makes car parking charges worse: twenty, thirty times a year is sixty to ninety pounds |
Care quality | I don’t mind. At the hospital, the health centre, you know as long as I get the chemo when I need it and the help I need |
Care quality | In my opinion, the best would be from a selfish point of view the home visit, but from a practical point of view definitely for the [GP] outreach service rather than the [hospital] clinics |
Care quality | I dread it [treatment in the hospital], you don’t know which person you are going to get. Whereas if it is [name] and she is coming to the house, I feel reasonably relaxed |
