Table Box 1.

 Representation framework

We recruited individuals from national consumer and voluntary organizations to participate in the Service User Reference Group. Our aim was for the group to reflect the diversity of nursing, midwifery and health visiting practice. To help guide the recruitment of organizations, we developed a simple framework based on the client groups with whom nurses, midwives and health visitors engage, and the priority clinical areas within their spheres of practice.

Nurse, midwife and health visitor client/patient groups

Pregnant women, mothers and newborn babies

Children and young people

Older people

People with disabilities

People from minority ethnic groups

Carers

Nurse, midwife and health visitor priority clinical areas

Cancer and palliative care

Cardiovascular disease

Diabetes

HIV/Aids

Learning disability

Mental health

Neonatal and maternal health

Public health