Table 1

Participant demographic information

Participant interviews	Job role	Place of work
1	Clinical pharmacy services manager	City centre teaching hospital
2	General practitioner	GP practice
3	Consultant pharmacist	City centre teaching hospital
4	Independent prescriber hospital pharmacist	City centre teaching hospital
5	Medicines management pharmacist	City centre teaching hospital
6	Pharmacist teacher practitioner	University/city centre teaching hospital
7	Community pharmacist	City centre community pharmacy
8	Community pharmacist	Suburban community pharmacy
9	Medicines safety and care of the elderly pharmacist	City centre teaching hospital
10	Rotational hospital pharmacist	City centre teaching hospital
11	Band 7 haematology pharmacist	City centre teaching hospital
12	Nurse ward manager	City centre teaching hospital
13	Senior hospital pharmacist	Large district general hospital
14	Lead pharmacist for medicine	City centre teaching hospital
15	Primary care prescribing pharmacist	Clinical commissioning group
16	Outpatient dispensing pharmacist	Large teaching hospital
17	Specialist paediatric pharmacist	Children’s hospital
18	Medical education pharmacist	University/city centre teaching hospital
19	Junior doctor, medical specialties	City centre teaching hospital
20	Junior doctor, surgical trainee	Teaching hospital
21	Consultant, acute medicine	City centre teaching hospital
22	General practitioner	GP practice
23	Clinical pharmacy operations for community pharmacy chain	Large UK community pharmacy chain
Focus group 1
A	Medicines management technician	City centre teaching hospital
B	AMU medicines management technician	City centre teaching hospital
C	Lead medicines management technician	City centre teaching hospital
D	Medicines management technician	City centre teaching hospital
E	Renal medicines management technician	City centre teaching hospital
F	Medicines management technician	City centre teaching hospital
G	Medicines management technician	City centre teaching hospital
Focus group 2
H	Patient representative	Patient and public involvement group North West
I	Dementia nurse lead	Patient and public involvement group North West
J	Learning disabilities nurse/carer representative	Patient and public involvement group North West
K	Patient representative	Patient and public involvement group North West
L	Patient representative	Patient and public involvement group North West
M	Carer representative	Patient and public involvement group North West
N	Patient representative	Patient and public involvement group North West

AMU, acute medical unit; GP, general practitioner.