Table 4.

Theme development

Sub-Themes		Main Themes
1	Demographics	Theme 1- Local definition and recognition of need describes the patient demographic and types of foot conditions the hospital and individual departments are dealing with day to day. Including how these problems are currently managed and the feelings of the professional group in relation to the points identified.
2	Common Conditions
3	Current Practice
4	Assessment	Theme 2 - Process of current foot assessment describes how the hospital currently assesses foot health.
5	Referral	Theme 3 – Barriers to current diabetic foot care highlights the operational structure and the existing problems within current practice that hinder the standardisation of foot assessment and management.
6	Resources
3a	Current Practice
7	Content	Theme 4 – Content of assessment describes what the participants believe would broadly make up the content of a foot health assessment tool.
8	Outcomes	Theme 5 - Desired Outcomes of foot assessment and the opportunity to change describes what a successful foot health assessment could achieve and also the desire to make changes and integrate them into current practice.
9	Change