Table 2 Summary of responses Round 4

Is there currently unwarranted variation in care for people with LSS?

Yes

No

79

21

Is the development and implementation of an agreed algorithm likely to reduce unwarranted variation in care?

Yes definitely/ yes to some extent

Unsure

Definitely not/ probably not

88

7

5

What is your overall level of agreement with the proposed treatment algorithm (scale 0–6)

Agree (score ≥ 4)

Neither agree nor disagree (score = 3)

Disagree (score ≤ 2)

86

7

7

How useful do you think the proposed treatment algorithm will be for each stakeholder group? (0–6)

Agree (score ≥ 4)

Neither useful nor useless /unsure (score = 3)

Disagree (score ≤ 2)

Private practice setting

86

7

7

Specialist/ secondary care setting

83

7

10

Primary care/ GP setting

87

8

5

Health service commissioners/providers

74

18

8

Healthcare policy makers

74

17

9

Healthcare researchers

79

15

6

Healthcare insurers

68

21

11

Patients (simplified version for SDM)

83

11

6