Table 2

Structure of the NGT workshops

	Health and local authority NGT workshops (90 min)	Community NGT workshops (2.5 hours)
Introduction: icebreaker, overview of project and session objectives, setting of ground rules.	10 min	20 min
Initial discussion sharing experiences of using maternity services: to create a safe, supportive space, attendees of the community workshops were invited to share their experiences using maternity services in small groups if they felt comfortable.	N/A	30 min
Silent generation of ideas: attendees recorded all possible ideas individually in response to prompt question.	10 min	10 min
Round robin and clarification (combined): each attendee presents one idea in turn until all ideas are exhausted. Clarifications happened organically at the same time.	15 min	30 min
Sharing of ideas to full group: ideas from each table were shared with the room, which were recorded in an online survey simultaneously.	N/A	25 min
Voting and ranking: attendees select their top five preferences and rank them (ie, 1=most important, 5=least important).	10 min	10 min
Wrap-up and feedback	5 min	10 min