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Table 2 Summaries of the main themes generated from clinician interviews

From: The relationship between GPs and hospital consultants and the implications for patient care: a qualitative study

Theme

Sub-theme

Additional sub-theme

Communication

Accessing and Ping-Pong

Listening

Good listening impacting positively on patient

Poor listening impacting negatively on patient

“Soft intelligence”

Provision of, depends on quality of relationship

Certain clinicians better able to pick up upon

Is valued by Hospital specialists

Conduct

Dumping

Abdication of responsibility

Has increased over time

Hiding behind an organisation

Resisting

Relationships

Continuing care

Implications for patient care

Good relationships benefit patients; smoothing the water and going the extra mile.

Forming

Facilitators

Barriers

Working in each others Kingdom

Unrealistic expectations

Creating them in patients

Of each other