In-depth interviews
| Interviews with: | Initial sampling frame | Completed |
| MCN core management group and Tayside Diabetes Advisory Group | 6 | 9 |
| General practitioners | 4 | 3 |
| Practice nurses | 4 | 4 |
| Practice managers | 4 | A |
| Hospital professionals | 6 | 8 |
| Patients sampled via practices | 8 | 4 |
| Supplementary interviews (patient representatives and Trust managers) | As indicated by initial analysis | 5 |
| Total | 32 | 36 |