Table 1

Interview participant characteristics

Identifier	Professional role/s	Gender	Job experience (in years)
CCG1	Clinician* with CCG governing body role	Male	24
GP1	GP	Male	1
CCG2	Clinician with CCG governing body role	Male	8
GP2	GP	Female	8
GP3	GP	Male	15
CSU1	Safety and quality executive at NWL CSU	Female	8
CCG3	Clinician with CCG governing body role	Female	18
NHSE1	Safety/quality executive at NHSE	Female	1
GP4	GP	Female	13
NHSE2	Safety/quality executive at NHSE	Female	1
GP5	GP	Female	12
GP6	GP	Female	12
CCG5	Clinician with CCG governing body role	Male	20
CCG6	Clinician with CCG governing body role	Male	20
PM1	PM	Female	16
GP7	GP	Male	25
CCG7	Safety/quality executive in CCG	Male	2
NHSE3	Safety/quality executive at NHSE	Female	1
CCG8	Clinician with CCG governing body role	Female	28
NHSE4	Safety/quality executive at NHSE	Male	2
PM2	PM	Female	6

*Clinicians—job experience denotes years worked after medical qualification; non-clinician—job experience denotes years worked in current role.
†In this study, the term ‘clinician’ (practitioners with patient contact) denotes GPs, nurses or secondary care practitioners—exact profession is not specified as data would be identifiable.
CCG, Clinical Commissioning Group; CUG, Commissioning Support Units; GP, general practitioner; NHSE, NHS England; NWL, North-West London; PM, practice manager.