Table 2.

Overview of interviews and participants

Case site	University hospital	Mid-level hospital	Community hospital
Individual interviews	Chief midwife	Chief midwife	Chief midwife
	Deputy chief midwife	Deputy chief midwife	Deputy chief midwife
	Obstetrician *,**	Caseload midwifery group C***	Caseload group G***
	•  One obstetrician > 10 years’ experience	[2 midwives working with first-time mothers]	•  One midwife > 10 years’ experience
		•  One midwife < 5 years’ experience,   One midwife > 10 years’ experience
Group interviews	Caseload group A	Caseload group D	Caseload group F
	[3 midwives working with primiparas + women planning early discharge + all planned homebirths in hospital catchment area]	[3 midwives working with vulnerable/socially disadvantaged mothers]	[3 midwives working with all women in a specific geographical area]
	•  Two midwives > 10 years’ experience	•  One < 5 years’ experience	•  One < 5 years’ experience
	Total: 2 participants	Two > 5 years’ experience	Two > 10 years’ experience
		Total: 3 participants	Total: 3 participants
	Caseload group B	Caseload group E	Caseload group G
	[2 midwives working with primiparas + women who plan early discharge + all planned homebirths in hospital catchment area]	[3 midwives working with first-time mothers]	[3 midwives working with all women in a specific geographical area]
	•  One < 5 years’ experience	•  Two < 5 years’ experience	•  One < 5 years’ experience
	One > 10 years’ experience	Total: 2 participants	One > 10 years’ experience
	Total: 2 participants		Total 2 participants
	Ward midwives	Ward midwives	Ward midwives
	•  One < 5 years’ experience,	•  Two < 5 years’ experience	•  Two > 5 years’ experience
	Two > 5 years’ experience	One > 5 years’ of experience	One > 10 years’ experience
	Total: 3 participants	One > 10 years’ experience	Total: 3 participants
		Total: 4 participants
	Health visitors*	Obstetricians*	Obstetricians*
	•  One < 5 years’ experience,	•  One < 5 years’ experience	•  One < 5 years’ experience
	One > 5 years’ experience	One > 5 years’ experience	One > 5 years’ experience
	One > 10 years’ experience	One > 10 years’ experience	One > 10 years’ experience
	Total: 3 participants	Total: 3 participants	Total: 3 participants
		Health visitors*	Health visitors*
		•  One > 5 years’ experience	•  Two > 10 years’ experience
		Two > 10 years’ experience	One student
		Total: 3 participants	Total: 3 participants

*Very limited reporting of data from interviews with obstetricians and health visitors in this analysis. The interviews showed that other professional groups played an extremely limited role in the negotiation process, possibly because the introduction of caseload midwifery involved no significant changes in the distribution of tasks among midwives and related professionals

**Obstetricians single-handedly decided that an individual interview with key representative of the group was most appropriate due to limited knowledge of the introduction of caseload midwifery among obstetricians in general and work pressures at time of data collection

***Practical conditions dictated that interviews were individual