Enthusiastic, experienced ESPs are needed to deliver the STAR care pathway and orthopaedic consultants need to provide leadership and motivation
In terms of building a community of practice to support the implementation of the STAR care pathway a number of key individuals were seen as essential to driving the intervention forward: ESPs thought the research and administrative staff were key to organising clinics. One consultant noted that while research staff were key in the trial, if the care pathway was implemented more widely in the future then it would likely need to be enthusiastic and experienced ESPs who would drive the intervention delivery. If this took place then consultants would take responsibility for leadership and motivation of the team to continue pathway delivery.