Recruitment by stakeholder group
| Stakeholder group | Number approached | Number recruited |
| Children with chronic illness | 17 | 15* |
| Parents/carers of children with chronic illness | 27 | 23* |
| Parents/carers of children receiving intermittent treatment | 21 | 10 |
| Head teachers | 55 | 40 |
| School nurses | 20 | 11 |
| Consultant paediatricians | 53 | 23 |
| Community paediatricians | 16 | 6 |
| Paediatric nurse specialists | 42 | 15 |
| Paediatric pharmacists† | 10† | 15† |
*All completed questionnaire and returned it to the research team before leaving the hospital.
†Invitation also posted on Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group message board and an additional five respondents were recruited via this route (total of 15 pharmacists recruited).