Nominal group meeting structure
| Phase | Activity |
| Informed consent | Facilitator (BC) talks through participant information sheets and consent forms and answers any questions. Participants sign consent forms. |
| 1: Introduction | Facilitator introduces the topic, explains our interest in it and asks participants to introduce themselves. |
| 2: Silent reflection | Participants read the scenario and write comments. |
| 3: Round robin | Facilitator elicits one comment from each participant and writes this on a flip chart. Discussion not allowed. Continues until comments exhausted. |
| 4: Discussion | Facilitator guides discussion of comments on each scenario in turn, using open-ended questions and ensuring all participants had the opportunity to contribute their perspective. |
| 5: Voting | Participants vote whether the scenario is acceptable or not. (undecided was also permitted) |
| 6: Repeat | Processes 2 to 5 are repeated in turn for each scenario. |
| 7: Break | Facilitator counts votes. |
| 8: Discussion | Results of votes presented and discussed. Each scenario without clear majority is discussed in turn. |
| 9: Voting | Second round of voting if no clear majority in first round of voting. |
| 10: Conclusion | Results of vote. Facilitator explains future plans and thanks participants. |