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Table 2 Summary of interviewee characteristics

The ‘Workforce category’ refers to whether the interviewee’s job role is ‘Non-clinical’ typically not patient-facing or ‘Clinical’ typically patient-facing which included two consultants and a research nurse. The ‘Job role area’ was assigned by the researcher to group the interviewees into broad categories. ‘Researcher’ were those who led their own research as part of their role, e.g. Chief Investigator; ‘Clinical delivery staff’ were Research & Development (R&D) staff involved in clinical aspects of delivering trials, e.g. Research Nurse; and ‘Research support staff’ were non-clinical R&D staff involved in supporting the set-up or management of trials

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