Table 1.
Participant characteristics across phases 1 and 2
| Panel | Variable | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | |
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||
| Public: Children and young people | N | 29 | 9 | 5 |
| Mean age (SD) | 14.09 (7.14) | 16.00 (3.50) | 15.60 (3.36) | |
| Worried about mental health | n/a | 67% | 60% | |
| Access services | n/a | 33% | 40% | |
| Public: Parents | N | 24 | 14 | 11 |
| Age of children (total N) | ||||
| 0–4 years old | 7 | 5 | 5 | |
| 5–10 years old | 11 | 10 | 7 | |
| 11–15 years old | 9 | 9 | 7 | |
| 16–19 years old | 9 | 8 | 6 | |
| 20–24 years old | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 25 and older | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Worried about mental health? | n/a | 86% | 82% | |
| Access to services? | n/a | 71% | 82% | |
| Professionals | N | 95 | 44 | 33 |
| Sector | ||||
| Health | 42 | 26 | 21 | |
| Local authority | 19 | 1 | 1 | |
| Education | 16 | 10 | 8 | |
| Academia | 13 | 9 | 6 | |
| Voluntary sector | 9 | 6 | 5 | |
| Commissioning | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| Social care | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| Policing and justice | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Faith | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Role (round 1)* | ||||
| Commissioner | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Community group leader | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Counsellor/psychotherapist | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Doctor (General Practitioner) | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| Doctor (other—please specify below) | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Head teacher | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| Manager (clinical) | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Manager (strategic) | 14 | 5 | 5 | |
| Manager (other—please specify below) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mental health worker (please specify below) | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Nursing (primary care) | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Nursing (secondary care) | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Nursing (school) | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Psychologist | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
| Researcher | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
| Social worker | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Teacher | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Youth worker | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other | 29 | 14 | 11 | |
| County† | ||||
| Bedfordshire | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Buckinghamshire | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cambridgeshire | 83 | 36 | 27 | |
| Essex | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hertfordshire | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Norfolk | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Peterborough | 9 | 7 | 6 | |
| Suffolk | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Geographic reach‡ | ||||
| Local/county | 79 | 35 | 35 | |
| Regional (several counties) | 28 | 15 | 15 | |
| National (several regions) | 12 | 9 | 9 | |
| International (several countries) | 10 | 6 | 6 | |
*Participants selected more than one role therefore the subtotal may be greater than number of participants in round.
†Participants may have selected more than one county therefore the subtotal may be greater than number of participants in round.
‡Participants may have selected more than one option for reach therefore the subtotal may be greater than number of participants in round.