Table 1.

Participant characteristics

Profession	n (%)	Highest professional qualification	n (%)
Dietitian	18 (19.4)	No degree	0
Occupational Therapist	15 (16.1)	Certificate/diploma	4 (4.3)
Physiotherapist	44 (47.3)	Undergraduate	51 (54.8)
Speech & Language Therapist	10 (10.8)	Postgraduate	35 (37.6)
Support worker	6 (6.5)	Doctoral	3 (3.2)
Clinical specialty of respondents			n (%)
Acute, general and geriatric medicine			14 (15.05)
Cancer surgery and rehabilitation			12 (12.90)
Critical care			14 (15.05)
Diabetes/endocrinology			2 (2.15)
General and specialist surgery			7 (7.53)
Management			2 (2.15)
Neurology/Neurosurgery			4 (4.30)
Neurological and stroke rehabilitation			20 (21.51)
Clinical nutrition			4 (4.30)
Obstetrics & Gynaecology			5 (4.30)
Renal medicine			6 (4.30)
Respiratory medicine			6 (6.45)