Table 1.

Characteristics of respondents

Characteristics		n (%) (n = 230)
Grade	Consultant	141 (61)
	SSAS	48 (21)
	Registrar	41 (18)
Years palliative care experience	<5	41 (18)
	5–10	61 (27)
	11–20	102 (44)
	>20	26 (11)
Main work setting	Inpatient palliative care unit	124 (54)
	Hospital consult service	48 (21)
	Community	27 (12)
	Outpatient/day unit	6 (3)
	Equal split across settings	25 (11)
Geographical location	England	188 (82)
	Scotland	20 (9)
	Wales	15 (7)
	Northern Ireland	5 (2)

Abbreviations: SSAS specialty staff grade and associate specialists