Table 1

Primary background of committee members.

Committee
Consumer
Practitioner
Academic/Research
Policy/Manager
Vol. sector
Other

Health service models (Virtual)
2
-
3
5
-
1 (a)
Regeneration (Virtual)
-
1
4
7
1

Citizens & Consumers
2
1
6
3
1
1
Ethnicity
1
5
8


1 (b)
Older people & children
2
1
9 (c)
2



(a) One member who described herself as a carer was also a health service manager. (b) Consumer and retired academic (c) Several now retired.

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