Table 1.
Study sample
| Hospital | Focus group | Numbers | Staff represented |
| Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust | Focus group 1 | 10 | Obstetricians, midwives, pharmacist |
| Focus group 2 | 4 | Day assessment unit midwives | |
| PI interview | 1 | Consultant obstetrician | |
| West Middlesex University Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust | Focus group 1 | 3 | Midwives |
| Focus group 2 | 4 | Midwives | |
| Focus group 3 | 5 | Midwives and obstetrician | |
| Focus group 4 | 3 | Midwives | |
| PI interview | 1 | Consultant obstetrician | |
| Whipps Cross Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust | Focus group 1 | 11 | Obstetricians, midwives |
| Focus group 2 | 4 | Antenatal midwives | |
| Focus group 3 | 4 | Day assessment unit midwives | |
| PI interview | 1 | Consultant obstetrician | |
| The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust | Focus group 1 | 6 | Community midwives (FMU) |
| Focus group 2 | 4 | Community midwives (in hospital) | |
| Interview | 1 | Consultant obstetrician | |
| Focus group 3 | 7 | Antenatal midwives | |
| Focus group 4 | 2 | Medical trainees | |
| PI interview | 1 | Consultant obstetrician | |
| John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Focus group 1 | 11 | Community midwives (in hospital) |
| Focus group 2 | 3 | Obstetricians | |
| Interview | 1 | Obstetrician | |
| Interview | 1 | Consultant obstetrician | |
| Interview | 1 | Obstetrician | |
| Focus group 3 | 2 | Hospital midwives (MAU) | |
| Interview | 1 | Hospital midwife (MAU) | |
| PI interview | 1 | Consultant Obstetrician | |
| Horton General Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Focus group 4 | 13 | Community midwives |
| Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust | Focus group 1 | 2 | Hospital midwives |
| Focus group 2 | 2 | Hospital midwives | |
| Interview | 1 | Hospital midwife | |
| Focus group 3 | 2 | Obstetricians | |
| Interview | 1 | Obstetrician | |
| Focus group 4 | 6 | Community midwives (in hospital) | |
| PI interview | 1 | Consultant obstetrician | |
| The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | Focus group 1 | 3 | Obstetricians |
| Focus group 2 | 2 | Hospital midwives | |
| Focus group 3 | 10 | Hospital and community midwives | |
| Focus group 4 | 8 | Hospital and community midwives | |
| Interview | 1 | Hospital midwife | |
| PI interview | 1 | Consultant obstetrician | |
| Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust | PI interview | 1 | Consultant obstetrician |
| Total | 147 |
FMU, free-standing midwifery unit; MAU, maternity assessment unit; NHS, National Health Service; PI, principal investigator.