Table I.

The data collection methods and the participants who chose to engage in the formal data collection procedures.

	Exploratory phase		Innovatory phase	Refective phase
Data collection methods		Documentation analysis (minutes from working party meetings and email communications) Participant based observational field notes Refections from researcher
	One-to-one semi-structured interviews Focus group employing the nominal group technique			One-to-one semi-structured interviews Focus group employing the force field analysis
Participants	STEP meetings: Representations from all members of the acute stroke multidisciplinary team were present at one or more STEP meetings
	One-to-one semi-structured interviews (n = 11) comprising: doctor, nurses (n = 2), occupational therapists (n = 2), physiotherapists (n = 2), speech and language therapist, clinical psychologist, carer and family support worker; social worker One focus group (n = 9) comprising: clinical psychologist; psychology assistant; speech and language therapist; dietician; occupational therapists (n = 2); physiotherapists (n = 3)			One focus group (n = 4) comprising: dietician, speech and language therapists (n = 2), physiotherapist One-to-one interviews (n = 3) comprising: clinical psychologist, occupational therapist, dietician (NB: the same dietician from the focus group who wished to expand upon some of the discussions from the focus group)

STEP, Stroke Treatment for Every Person.