Table 3.

Summary of consultations with external stakeholders

Theme	Subtheme	Specifics
1. Knowledge	1•1 Primary care clinicians identified need to know how to manage children and recognise chronic wet cough	•Local clinicians need training in best practice guidelines. •Easy access to guidelines to existing updated guidelines. •Promote use of existing electronic training module. •Create and promote use of /listening to podcasts.
	1•2 Hospital staff need to ask parents about Aboriginal status	•Aboriginal status is not being asked and patients are not being identified.
	1•3 Hospital staff to ask parents for local clinic details	•Question of “Local doctor” being left blank, so summaries not being sent. Change way question is asked to “Where is your local clinic?” as local doctors change regularly and are not assigned to patients.
3. Skills	3•1 Liaison between hospitals and primary care is needed following discharge of children with ALRI	•Have a primary care liaison person in clinics to liaise with hospital about follow up for children.
	3•2 Expert input locally	•Ensure Specialist contact for local clinician provided to allow for any direction, clarification, or advice.
3. Environmental context and resources	2•1 Discharge summaries	•Discharge summary not arriving in a timely way. •Discharge summary needs clear instructions for local clinicians with clear summary of management and link to training and guidelines. •Improve system for timely discharge summary completions.
	2•3 Schedule appointment	•Make appointment for local follow-up while child still inpatient.