Nineteen general practitioners and practice nurses with expertise in pandemic planning were nominated by the two participating Divisions of General Practice, each of which was a national leader in disaster preparedness and response.
The General Practitioners and Practice Nurses who took part in the project.
General practitioners and practice nurses shared fourth place (see Figure 3).
Usual care was standard clinical practice provided by general practitioners and practice nurses.
Twenty of 22 practitioners and practice managers agreed to join the study.
In this paper we use the term clinician to refer to general practitioners and practice nurses.
General practitioners and practice nurses could therefore not be blinded to randomisation.
Access to computerised records of general practices was obtained through close cooperation with general practitioners and practice managers.
General practice, including both general practitioners and practice nurses was the most frequent research setting (11 studies).
Written consent was obtained from general practitioners and practice nurses who agreed to take part in the study.
General practitioners and practice nurses were also informed via letter of the service and invited to refer women.
