Table 1.

Themes and sub themes.

Themes	Sub Themes
Delay	Patient, staff and service factors that contribute to delay in dysphagia screening, SLT swallow assessment and NGT feeding
Lack of standardisation	DSP, SLT swallow assessment, oral care, NGT insertion and confirmation of positioning
Variability in resources	Resources to assess and manage swallowing, medical interventions, care processes

SLT—speech and language therapist, NGT—nasogastric tube, DSPs—dysphagia screening protocols.