Table 1 Participant Information

Job Title

General practice based nurses (nurse practitioner, practice nurse, practice nurse lead)

13

32.5

Community matrons (Long term condition case manager)

7

17.5

Paediatric nurses (nurse specialist, nurse practitioner, community children’s nurse)

6

15.0

Secondary care nurses (emergency nurse practitioner, critical care outreach, nurse consultant)

4

10.0

Hospital or mixed base respiratory nurse specialists

4

10.0

Community based respiratory nurses (lead nurses, specialist nurse, nurse consultant)

3

7.5

Other non-hospital based nurse practitioners (out of hours, walk in centre, prison)

3

7.5

Geographical location

Cambridgeshire

11

27.5

Essex

10

25

Suffolk

10

25

Bedfordshire

4

10

Norfolk

4

10

Hertfordshire

1

2.5

Employer

Primary care trust (including community trust, community mental health & provider services)

16

40.0

General practice

12

30.0

Acute

9

22.5

Other: walk in centre, out of hours, social enterprise

3

7.5

Setting

Primary care: community, walk in centre, out of hours, prison

15

37.5

Primary care: general practice

12

30.0

Secondary care

9

22.5

Primary & secondary care

4

10.0

Age range

25-35 yrs

2

5.0

36-45 yrs

7

17.5

46-54 yrs

21

52.5

55-64 yrs

4

10.0

Years qualified as a prescriber

1-2 years

3

7.5

3-5 years

16

40.0

> 5 years

20

50.0

Use of prescribing qualification

Independent prescribing

37

92.5

Supplementary prescribing

1

2.5

Independent & supplementary prescribing

1

2.5

Not prescribing

1

2.5

Specialist respiratory training

Yes (diploma, degree and/or masters level module, study days, other accredited learning)

34

85.0

No

6

15.0

Time spent on respiratory patients

Range 4-100%, Mean = 51%, Mode = 100%