Participants by professional group and hospital type
| n=44 | n (% of sample) |
| Professional group | |
| Surgeon | 12 (27) |
| Surgical trainee | 5 (11) |
| Manager | 1 (2) |
| Anaesthetist | 6 (14) |
| Nurse | 13 (30) |
| Operating department practitioner | 7 (16) |
| Hospital type | |
| Teaching | 21 (48) |
| District general | 17 (39) |
| Cancer centre | 6 (13) |