Table 2.

Frequency of use by sector

Frequency of use	Total sample	Local authorities	Public health agency	National Health Service	University	Other sector
Regularly (%)	13	11.6	9.4	13.5	20.0	12.5
Occasionally (%)	32	39.1	25.0	40.5	20.0	37.5
Rarely (%)	25	18.8	28.1	27.0	35.0	18.8
Once (%)	7	15.9	9.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Never (%)	23	14.5	28.1	18.9	25.0	31.3
n	254	69	32	37	20	16

The most important use was independent (e.g. personal professional development), but specialists tended to use the PHSKF as group leaders (e.g. for workforce development) (Table 3)