Table 2.

Intervention practices

Practice	Practice size	Combined reviews at baseline*	Admin involvement	3D review organisation	Reach	Qualitative data collection§
Lovell	4000 patients 4 GPs, 2 nurses	All combined	1 administrator. All aware	Appointment sent, review appointments paired	First review 94% Second review 93%	In depth. All elements
Tothill	10 000 patients 40 GPs, 4 nurses	Some combined	All	Appointment sent, review appointments separate	First review 92% Second review 86%	None
Macready	6000 patients 6 GPs, 2 nurses	All combined	1 administrator. All aware	Appointment sent, review appointments paired	First review 92% Second review 50%	Observation and postreview informal interview
Dunbar	15 000 patients 16 GPs, 5 nurses	All combined	All	Letter inviting patient to call, review appointments paired	First review 90% Second review 75%	None
Cabot	10 000 patients 12 GPs, 5 nurses	Some combined	Research nurse only	Appointment sent, review appointments separate	First review 83% Second review 74%	Observation and postreview informal interview
Beddoes	5500 patients, 4 GPs, 3 nurses	All combined	All	Letter inviting patient to call, review appointments separate	First review 80% Second review 82%	In depth. All elements
Guppy	8000 patients 6 GPs, 3 nurses	All combined	1 administrator. All aware	Appointment sent, review appointments paired	First review 80% Second review 76%	Observation and postreview informal interview
Penn	10 500 patients 9 GPs, 3 nurses	Some combined	1 administrator. All aware	Phone call to patient, review appointments paired	First review 80% Second review 47%	None
Harvey	15 000 patients 13 GPs, 4 nurses	Some combined	All	Appointment sent, review appointments sometimes separate	First review 77% Second review 44%	In depth. All elements
Priestman	13 500 patients 10 GPs, 3 nurses	All combined	All	Letter inviting patient to call, review appointments paired	First review 75% Second review 45%	None
Sharples	4500 patients 4 GPs, 2 nurses	None combined	All	Letter inviting patient to call, review appointments separate	First review 71% Second review 67%	None
Martineau	5000 patients 4 GPs, 2 nurses	Some combined	2 administrators. Others unaware	Phone call to patient, review appointments paired	First review 69% Second review 53%	None
Carpenter	14 500 patients 12 GPs, 4 nurses	All combined	Unsure if all aware	Letter inviting patient to call, review appointments paired	First review 67% Second review 50%	Observation and postreview informal interview
Blackwell	13 500 patients 9 GPs, 7 nurses	All combined	Nurse and administrator. Others unaware.	Letter inviting patient to call, nurse completed both parts of review	First review 66% Second review 9%	End of trial interviews
Davy	14 500 patients 12 GPs five nurses	Some combined	2 administrators. Others unaware	Appointment sent, later review appointments separate	First review 38% Second review 0%	In depth. All elements

*Combined reviews means reviews were purposely arranged to include all long-term conditions where there was a nurse-led clinic.

†Paired means that nurse and GP appointments made at the same time but could take place on different days.

‡See table 1 for details of qualitative data collected.

GP, general practitioner.