Do primary care professionals agree about progress with implementation of primary care teams: results from a cross sectional study

Table 7 Ranking of required resources for effective team working by three largest groups

Occupation	Most important resources^a	Less important resources^b
Clinical Therapist (n = 189)	Capacity to manage workload associated with meetings Protected time for meetings PCT building to have co-located team members	Payment for attending meetings Contractual arrangements
GP (n = 71)	Capacity to manage workload associated with meetings Protected time for meetings Payment for attending meetings Contractual arrangements	PCT building to have co-located team members
Nurse (n = 63)	Capacity to manage workload associated with meetings Protected time for meetings PCT building to have co-located team members	Payment for attending meetings Contractual arrangements

^aMedian rating of importance above 3 on a five point scale where 1 is not at all important and 5 is very important
^bMedian rating of importance of 3 or below on a five point scale where 1 is not at all important and 5 is very important

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