Data collection for Theme 1 will be based on extraction from existing operational information systems in a variety of health and social care settings.
The interview and discussion guides were adjusted during the data collection with themes that emerged being included and explored in subsequent interviews.
As the data collection proceeded, themes were identified and analysed by repeated study of the scripts and discussion with the research team.
Recency of ratings and frequency of data collection were themes that arose during the focus groups with members of the public, with participants agreeing that ratings should be updated every six months to be considered reliable.
There was therefore a constant interplay between data collection, analysis and theme development, where re-occurring unexpected themes were further explored in subsequent interviews and FGDs.
41 Data collection continued until theme saturation was achieved.
There was a constant interplay between data collection, analysis and theme development, with new and dominant ideas that emerged in earlier interviews and FGDs being explored deeper in subsequent and later interviews and discussions.
When data collection ceased, the themes themselves were being replicated indicating a level of completeness.
Data collection concluded when themes became saturated and nothing new emerged.
Team debriefings at midpoint and endpoint of data collection reviewed emerging themes and assessed reliability of data through triangulation.
