TABLE 1.
Participant characteristics for the survey and interviews.
| N | (%) | N | (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survey participants | |||||
| Region in England | Professional group | ||||
| North West | 24 | 15% | FM professionals | 86 | 54% |
| North East and Yorkshire | 24 | 16% | Genetics professionals | 73 | 46% |
| East | 25 | 16% | |||
| Central and South | 21 | 13% | Years of experience | ||
| North Thames | 22 | 14% | 0–5 | 50 | 31% |
| South East | 17 | 11% | 6–15 | 55 | 35% |
| South West | 24 | 15% | >16 | 54 | 34% |
| Professional role | |||||
| Consultant clinical geneticist (CG)† | 44 | 28% | |||
| Genetic counsellor† | 24 | 15% | |||
| Registrar/Trainee/CG Fellow† | 5 | 3% | |||
| FM Consultant* | 51 | 32% | |||
| Registrar/Trainee/FM Fellow* | 4 | 3% | |||
| Registrar/Trainee/Obstetric Fellow* | 1 | 1% | |||
| Obstetrician* | 5 | 3% | |||
| FM midwife* | 22 | 14% | |||
| Screening midwife* | 2 | 1% | |||
| Neonatologist* | 1 | 1% | |||
| N | (%) | N | (%) | ||
| Interview participants | |||||
| Region in England | Professional role | ||||
| North West | 8 | 13% | Clinical genetics professional | 24 | 38% |
| North East and Yorkshire | 8 | 13% | FM professional | 21 | 33% |
| East | 10 | 16% | FM midwife | 6 | 10% |
| Central and South | 11 | 17% | Genetic counsellor | 7 | 11% |
| North Thames | 12 | 19% | Clinical scientist | 5 | 8% |
| South East | 4 | 6% | |||
| South West | 7 | 11% | |||
| NA | 3 | 5% |
Key: FM, fetal medicine; CG, clinical geneticist; * = categorised as FM professional; † = categorised as genetics professional.