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Table 1 Detail of study participants

From: A qualitative study of professional and carer perceptions of the threats to safe hospital discharge for stroke and hip fracture patients in the English National Health Service

Group

Site 1

Site 2

Total

Medical (hospital)

10

8

18

Nursing (hospital)

18

15

33

Health Care Assistants (HCAs)

5

2

7

Occupational Therapists

10

10

20

Physiotherapists

16

8

24

Other therapists (speech, dieticians)

2

3

5

Hospital Pharmacists

1

2

3

Ambulance (regional)

n/a

n/a

2

Administrative

2

2

4

Managerial/Leadership

3

3

6

Social Work

9

5

14

Social Care

2

2

4

Community Nursing

2

7

9

General Practitioners (GP)

1

2

3

GP administration

2

0

2

Support group/voluntary

4

2

6

Patients

16

14

30

Carers/Family

12

11

23