Table 2.

Professional and demographic characteristics of professional respondents

	Subgroups	N (Total = 147)	Percent
Data collection	CRT staff (10 focus groups)	61	42%
	Senior staff (7 focus groups, 1 interview)	39	27%
	Referrer to CRTs (8 focus groups, 1 interview)	33	22%
	Senior managers (1 focus group, 7 interviews)	14	10%
Service	CRT	88	60%
	Community mental health team/equivalent	17	12%
	In-patient service	5	3%
	Senior management	15	10%
	Early intervention service	2	1%
	General practice	2	1%
	Liaison psychiatry	2	1%
	Other	3	2%
	Not specified	13	9%
Role	Nursing	45	31%
	Senior nursing	6	4%
	Team leader/manager	23	16%
	Senior NHS manager	16	11%
	Consultant psychiatrist	11	8%
	Other psychiatrist	9	6%
	Support time and recovery worker	11	8%
	Social worker	8	5%
	Occupational therapist/activity co-ordinator	4	3%
	G.P.	2	1%
	Psychologist/therapist	3	2%
	Pharmacist	1	1%
	Not specified	8	5%
Years worked in NHS: mean (s.d.) (n = 121)		15.8 (9.2)
Years worked in CRT: mean (s.d.) (n = 99)		5.1 (3.5)
Years at current service: mean (s.d.) (n = 116)		5.8 (4.4)
Gender	Male	71	48%
	Female	75	51%
	Unknown	1	1%
Age group	16–24	2	1%
	25–34	26	18%
	35–44	42	29%
	44–54	54	37%
	55–64	14	10%
	65+	1	1%
	Unknown	8	5%
Ethnicity	White British	97	66%
	White Irish	4	3%
	White Other	5	3%
	Black Caribbean	5	3%
	Black African	6	4%
	Black Other	1	1%
	Indian	7	5%
	Pakistani	1	1%
	Asian Other	5	3%
	Mixed White / Black African	1	1%
	Mixed White / Asian	2	1%
	Other Mixed	1	1%
	Other ethnic group	4	3%
	Unknown	8	5%