Table 2.

Professional and demographic characteristics of practitioner respondents

	Practitioners N = 12
Role	Manager/nurse 4
	Mental health nurse 2
	Occupational therapist 3
	Support worker 3
Gender	Male 4
	Female 8
Age	16–24 0
	25–34 3
	35–44 2
	45–54 4
	55–64 3
	Mean age: 45
Ethnicity	White British 9
	White Irish 2
	Asian British 1
Years worked in NHS: mean (range)	14 (3.5–28)
Years at current service: mean (range)	6.6 (0.25–26)