Table 3.

Summary of responses to open-ended questions*

Q 41: What do you believe are the strengths of multidisciplinary care in your facility? Please list them.		Q 42: Do you think there are any barriers to the implementation or improvement of multidisciplinary care in your facility? If so, please list these barriers.
Responded with answers	122	Responded with answers	96
Answered ‘none’ or ‘N/A’	2	Answered ‘no’ or ‘not sure’	27
Did not respond	5	Did not respond	6
Total	129	Total	129
Themes	Number	Themes	Number
Participation and attendance	42	Lack of a dedicated administrative co-ordinator	24
Cooperation and collaboration	38	Poor attendance	20
Discussion	22	IT support and infrastructure	20
Decision-making	18	Meeting organisation and logistics	18
Administration/logistics	17	Time constraints and workload	18
Research and education	13	Database and data collection	18
Care delivery	12	Live data entry and documentation of outcomes/decisions	15
Pathology/imaging review	12	Lack of a care co-ordinator	13
Expertise	8	Communication with patients and GPs	6
Other	12	Research	6
Total	194	Finances (unspecified)	5
Respondents reporting barriers	5	Other	24
Total	199	Total	187

*Where responses included several themes, these have been counted separately.

GP, general practitioner; IT, Information Technology.