Table 1.

Patient recruitment procedures

Step	Frequency	Person responsible
Patient consults with relevant symptom
Search of computer records to generate list of patients with qualifying symptoms	Weekly	Practice admin staff
List reviewed for eligibility and exclusions	Weekly	Practice research nurse
Invitations sent	Weekly	Practice admin staff
Response from patient received by researcher		Researcher
Consent information to practice	Weekly	Researcher
Date of index consultation identified for each consenting patient sent to researcher	Weekly	Practice research nurse
Age group, gender, and use of eRAT (Y/N) identified for each consenting patient in the intervention practices sent to researcher	Weekly	Practice research nurse
Reminders sent	Weekly	Practice admin staff