Table 1.
Participant characteristics
| GP characteristics | n=12 |
| Years in general practice (median, range) | 20 (2–29) |
| Male | 8 |
| Practice list size mean (range) | 9967 (4758–18 571) |
| Practice deprivation decile (where 1 is most deprived, 10 is least deprived) median (range) | 9 (3–10) |
| Practice location | |
| Rural town and fringe | 4 |
| Rural village and dispersed | 1 |
| Urban city and town | 4 |
| Urban major conurbation | 3 |
| ENT specialist characteristics | n=9 |
| Time (years) on specialist register (otolaryngology) (median, range) | 19 (8–21) |
| Male | 8 |
| Subspecialisation | |
| General ENT surgeon | 3 |
| Special interest in rhinology | 4 |
| Consultant rhinologist | 2 |
| Location | |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 1 |
| Midlands | 1 |
| London | 1 |
| South East | 4 |
| Scotland | 2 |
ENT, ears, nose and throat.