Demographic profile of interview participants by participating trust, n (%)
| Trust | DGH1 | DGH2 | T1 | Total | |
| Profession | Specialist nurse | 2 (28.6) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (12.5) | 4 (19.0) |
| Respiratory physician | 3 (42.9) | 3 (50.0) | 4 (50.0) | 10 (47.6) | |
| Oncologist | 2 (33.3) | 1 (12.5) | 3 (14.3) | ||
| Radiologist | 1 (14.3) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (9.5) | ||
| Occupational therapist | 1 (12.5) | 1 (4.8) | |||
| Surgeon | 1 (14.3) | 1 (4.8) | |||
| Years working with patients with MPM* | 1–5 | 2 (28.6) | 2 (25.0) | 4 (19.0) | |
| 5–10 | 2 (25.0) | 2 (9.5) | |||
| >10 | 4 (57.1) | 6 (100) | 4 (50.0) | 14 (66.7) | |
| Attendance at lung MDT* | Regular | 5 (71.4) | 4 (66.7) | 3 (37.5) | 12 (57.1) |
| Occasional | 1 (14.3) | 2 (33.3) | 3 (37.5) | 6 (28.6) | |
| Rare | 2 (25.0) | 2 (9.5) | |||
| Never | |||||
| Attendance at mesothelioma MDT† | Regular | 6 (75.0) | 6 (28.6) | ||
| Occasional | 1 (12.5) | 1 (4.8) | |||
| Rare | |||||
| Never | 6 (85.7) | 3 (50.0) | 1 (12.5) | 10 (47.6) | |
*Missing n=1.
†Missing n=4.
DGH, district general hospital; MDT, multidisciplinary team; MPM, malignant pleural mesothelioma; TC1, tertiary centre.