Participant demographics
| Sample (n=46) | Percentage total (%) | |
| Role | ||
| Doctor | 28 | 60.87 |
| Nurse | 8 | 17.39 |
| Medical associate professional* | 4 | 8.70 |
| Pharmacist | 2 | 4.35 |
| Dietician | 1 | 2.17 |
| Speech and language therapist | 1 | 2.17 |
| Clinical support staff | 1 | 2.17 |
| Management | 1 | 2.17 |
| Sector | ||
| Secondary and tertiary care (general and specialist hospitals) | 40 | 86.96 |
| Primary care† | 4 | 8.70 |
| Specialist community services† | 2 | 4.35 |
| Secondary and tertiary care specialities | ||
| Critical care and anaesthesia‡ | 27 | 67.50 |
| Respiratory and COVID-19 wards | 6 | 15.00 |
| Emergency medicine | 4 | 10.00 |
| Cancer specialist services | 1 | 2.50 |
| Palliative care | 1 | 2.50 |
| Infection prevention and control services | 1 | 2.50 |
| Redeployment status | ||
| Redeployed | 23 | 50.00 |
| Not redeployed | 23 | 50.00 |
| Ethnicity§ | ||
| White | 40 | 86.96 |
| Mixed or multiple ethnic groups | 3 | 6.52 |
| Asian or Asian British | 2 | 4.35 |
| Black, African, Caribbean or Black British | 1 | 2.17 |
| Total | 46 | 100 |
*Including physician associates, anaesthesia associates and advanced critical care practitioners.
†Redeployed or awaiting redeployment to secondary or tertiary care centres.
‡Including intensive care unit, intensive therapy unit, high-dependency unit.
§BAME is a term used in the UK to refer to individuals who identify as Black, Asian and from Minority Ethnic groups.