Table 1

The demographics of surveyed (a) doctors, and (b) nurses: in terms of age, gender, specialty and level of training or grade

	Nurses (n)		Doctors (n)
Age (years)		Age (years)
<20	1	<20	0
20–29	96	20–29	51
30–39	141	30–39	115
40–49	199	40–49	63
50–59	104	50–59	43
60–69	21	60–69	14
>70	2	>70	1
Gender		Gender
Male	111	Male	144
Female	453	Female	143
Specialty		Specialty
Medical nurse	132	Medicine	92
Surgical nurse	57	Surgery	53
ITU nurse	49	Anaesthetics	34
Theatre nurse	35	O&G	22
A&E nurse	31	Paediatrics	20
Paediatric nurse	28	Radiology	16
O&G nurse	28	Pathology	14
Midwife	14	Emergency medicine	11
Recovery nurse	13	Ophthalmology	7
Renal dialysis nurse	13	Intensive care	6
Psychiatry nurse	2	Other	14
Other	162
Grade		Level of training
Band 2	53	FY1	8
Band 3	61	FY2	17
Band 4	7	Core training	28
Band 5	193	Registrar	106
Band 6	156	Consultant	128
Band 7	56
Band 8	36
Other	2

FY, foundation year; ITU, intensive treatment unit; O&G, obstetric and gynaecology.