Table 1.

Demographic information of participants

Professional title (terminology self-reported)	Gender	Experience in palliative care	Other previous experience
Palliative care clinical nurse specialist	Female	4 months	General surgery for 10 years
Palliative care clinical nurse specialist	Female	4 months	Ward nurse for 16 years
Clinical psychologist	Female	3 years	19 years total in NHS, unspecified previous experience in paediatrics
Advanced nurse practitioner in palliative care	Female	5 years in oncology palliative care, 7 years in hospice
Palliative care nurse	Female	10 years	Senior staff nurse on colorectal ward
Palliative care consultant	Male	10 years	Previously in different unspecified specialities
Consultant in palliative medicine	Female	22–23 years

Note that this table is ordered by years’ experience in palliative care, and as such does not indicate which participants expressed which views in the following sections