Table 1 Topic areas covered in qualitative interviews

Development history of the assessment programme

To develop an understanding of the assessment programme that had been developed, which included a description of the problem being addressed, the context in which it was developed and the process of development, including its changes

Participant’s experience in the co-production process of the development of the assessment programme

To ascertain information pertaining to the key elements in the process of co-production, such as stakeholder’s involvement and the decision-making process

Participant’s opinion regarding the assessment programme

To obtain reactions about the initial version of the assessment programme and their positions in favour of and against the assessment programme prototype