Table 3.

Barriers to research delivery.

	Number of units (%)
Perceived barriers to research conduct
Clinical staff too busy to support research	11 (52)
Study unfunded	8 (38)
Insufficient funding	6 (29)
	Combined = 11 units (52)
Short-term/ fixed contracts	8 (38)
Lack of invitation to participate	5 (24)
Lack of Principal Investigator	5 (24)
Recruiting staff to research posts	4 (19)
No barriers	4 (24)
Other	3 (14)
Not relevant research to our unit	2 (10)
Unit culture	2 (10)
Not important studies for our unit	1 (5)
Sufficient resources for current research delivery
Yes	9 (43)
No	10 (48)
Unsure	2 (9)
Total	21 (100)
Sufficient resources for future? research delivery
Yes	4 (19)
No	14 (67)
Unsure	3 (14)
Total	21 (100)