Table 1.
Demographic data for the interviewees and focus group (trainee) participants
| Characteristic | Interviews | Trainee focus group |
| N=35 | N=7 | |
| Age | ||
| Median | 50 | 35.5 |
| Range | 30–70 | 31–37 |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 7 | 4 |
| Male | 27 | 2 |
| Ethnicity (self-identified) | ||
| Asian British | 3 | – |
| Caucasian | 29 | 5 |
| Indian | 1 | – |
| Other white background | 1 | – |
| Chinese Asian | – | 1 |
| Role | ||
| National surgical specialty leader | 5 | – |
| Surgeon (RAS user) | 11 | – |
| Surgeon (non-RAS user) | 2 | – |
| Scrub nurse | 2 | – |
| Industry representative | 5 | – |
| Policy commissioner | 5 | – |
| Surgical trainee | 2* | 7 |
| Anaesthetist | 1 | – |
| Service manager | 2 | – |
| Specialty (leaders, surgeons, trainees) | N=20 | |
| Urology | 5 | – |
| Colorectal | 8 | 1 |
| General | 2 | 1 |
| Orthopaedics | 3 | 2 |
| Gynaecology | 1 | 1 |
| Thoracic | 1 | 2 |
Age, gender and ethnicity was not recorded for one interview participant and one focus group (trainee) participant.
*Trainees in the interview sample were not in the trainee focus group.
RAS, robotic-assisted surgery.