Table 1

Eligibility criteria for NGT workshops

WorkshopInclusion criteriaExclusion criteria
Maternity hospital staff (nominal group 1)
  • Currently employed within host multisite acute teaching hospital that provides maternity services.

  • Works directly in maternity care, health inequalities, the organisation’s EDI strategic work or another related field.

  • Not employed within the host acute teaching hospital.

  • Not working directly or related to maternity care, health inequalities, EDI work or another related field.

Wider NHS staff (nominal group 2)
  • Currently employed within the NHS in NWL in a primary care or regional role.

  • Currently employed within the NHS in a national role contributing to maternity policy.

  • Not currently employed within the NHS in NWL in a primary care or regional role, or in a national maternity policy role.

Local authority (nominal group 3)
  • Currently employed or provide commissioned services for Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City local authorities.

  • Works directly or related to maternity care, public health and social care service evaluations and research.

  • Not exclusively employed or receiving commissioned funding from Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City local authorities.

  • Do not work directly or related to maternity care, public health and social care service evaluations and research.

Community and VCSE sector (nominal groups 4 and 5)
  • At least 18 years of age.

  • Previous maternity service users at the host acute hospital, particularly those from Black, African, Caribbean and mixed-Black heritage backgrounds.

  • Current residents of Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City NWL boroughs.

OR
  • Member of a VCSE organisation that provides maternity support for families from Black, African, Caribbean and mixed-Black heritage families living in Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City boroughs.

  • Under 18 years of age

  • Not previous maternity service users or without experience of providing Black, African, Caribbean and mixed-Black heritage families with maternity support.

  • Do not live in Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster City boroughs.

  • EDI, equality, diversity and inclusion; NHS, National Health Service; NWL, North West London; VCSE, voluntary, community, and social enterprise.