Table 1 Participant demographics

 University College London Hospital, Central London (72)

70 (18.4%)

37 (24.5%)

8 (22.9%)

 Queens Hospital Romford, Essex (64)

62 (16.3%)

22 (14.6%)

2 (5.7%)

 St Georges Hospital, South West London (25)

24 (6.3%)

20 (13.2%)

7 (20.0%)

 Princess Alexandra Hospital, Hampshire (131)

128 (33.6%)

45 (29.8%)

5 (14.3%)

 Salisbury District Hospital, Wiltshire (20)

18 (4.7%)

7 (4.6%)

4 (11.4%)

 Tayside Hospital, Scotland (9)

8 (2.1%)

4 (2.6%)

3 (8.6%)

 Queen Charlottes and Chelsea Hospital, West London (38)

38 (10.0%)

8 (5.3%)

4 (11.4%)

 Whittington Hospital, North London (33)

33 (8.7%)

8 (5.3%)

2 (5.7%)

 District General Hospital

241 (63.3%)

82 (54.3%)

13 (37.1%)

 Teaching Hospital

140 (36.7%)

69 (45.7%)

22 (62.9%)

 < 25

48 (13.1%)

17 (11.6%)

0

 25 – 35

102 (27.8%)

49 (33.6%)

6 (20.0%)

 36 – 45

77 (21.0%)

27 (18.5%)

8 (26.7%)

 46 – 55

115 (31.4%)

46 (31.5%)

15 (50.0%)

 > 56

24 (6.6%)

7 (4.8%)

1 (3.3%)

 Female

366 (97.3%)

142 (96.6%)

31 (88.6%)

 Male

10 (2.7%)

5 (3.4%)

4 (11.4%)

 Midwife

355 (96.2%)

141 (96.6%)

28 (82.4%)

 Other^b

14 (3.8%)

5 (3.4%)

6 (17.6%)

 Antenatal clinic

38 (10.3%)

14 (9.6%)

4 (11.8%)

 Fetal medicine

25 (6.8%)

18 (12.3%)

2 (5.9%)

 Community

110 (29.8%)

44 (20.1%)

4 (11.8%)

 Rotational midwife^a

15 (4.1%)

6 (4.1%)

0

 Delivery and birth centre

8 (2.2%)

4 (2.7%)

0

 Antenatal screening midwife/coordinator

3 (0.8%)

3 (2.1%)

5 (14.7%)

 Postnatal ward

3 (0.8%)

2 (1.4%)

0

 Student midwife

22 (6.0%)

8 (5.5%)

0

 General inc. antenatal/community

118 (32.0%)

37 (24.3%)

0

 Specialist midwife

13 (3.5%)

5 (3.4%)

13 (38.2%)

 Other^b

14 (3.8%)

5 (3.4%)

6 (17.6%)

 < 1

32 (9.0%)

18 (12.5%)

9 (30.0%)

 2 – 5

201 (56.3%)

83 (57.6%)

13 (43.3%)

 6 – 10

64 (17.9%)

23 (16.0%)

6 (20.0%)

 > 10

60 (16.8%)

20 (13.9%)

2 (6.7%)

 Yes

281 (75.7%)

116 (78.4%)

9 (25.7%)

 No

90 (24.3%)

32 (21.6%)

26 (74.3%)