Table 1.

Interview participants

	GPs	Nurses	Total
N	22	6	28
IMD of practice population neighbourhood
1 (most deprived)	6	2	8
2	8	3	11
3	0	0	0
4	4	1	5
5 (most affluent)	4	0	4
Location
Urban	18	6	24
Rural	4	0	4
Sex
Male	5	0	5
Female	17	6	23
Years since qualification
<5	2	0	2
5–9	9	2	11
>10	11	4	15
Special interest in paediatrics
	3	3	6

IMD = Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile.¹⁹