Table 1.

Characteristics of participants

GP characteristics		N = 34
Sex	Male	17
Sex	Female	17

GP role	Partner	28
	Salaried	3
	Locum	3

Number of sessions in general practice per week	1–4	3
	5–6	13
	7–8	11
	9–10	7

Years as a GP	1–5	7
	6–10	7
	11–15	3
	16–20	9
	>20	8

Other roles^a	GP trainer	14
	Appraiser	6
	CCG roles	8
	Out-of-hours	7
	None of the above	13

Practice characteristics^b		N = 31
List size	≤5000 (small)	4
	5001–10 000 (medium)	10
	10 001–15 000 (medium)	13
	>15 000 (large)	4

Location	Rural	7
	Semi-rural	7
	Suburban	9
	Urban	8

Dispensing	Yes	9
Dispensing	No	22

Number of other GPs^c	1–3	4
	4–6	7
	7–9	12
	10–12	4
	13–15	2
	>15	2

Number of clinical staff who are not GPs^c	1–3	6
	4–5	10
	6–7	5
	8–10	8
	11–20	2

Number of non-clinical staff^{^c,^d}	1–10	6
	11–20	14
	21–30	7
	>30	3

↵a Numbers add up to greater than the number of participants because some participants had multiple other roles, so were counted multiple times in this category.
↵b For partners and salaried GPs only.
↵c Absolute number, not full-time equivalents.
↵d Data missing for one participant. CCG = clinical commissioning group.