Lessons from experiences of accessing healthcare during the pandemic for remobilising rheumatology services : a national mixed methods study

Acknowledgements We are grateful to our patient partner Inga Wood for help with designing the interview schedule and for commenting on the manuscript and Lynne Laidlaw for help with designing the questionnaire. The authors do not report any conflicts of interest. GJM conceived the idea for the study and all authors were involved in the detailed planning. LM, KS, and RH conducted the qualitative analysis with input from JP. MB and GJ undertook the questionnaire analysis. LM and RH integrated quantitative and qualitative findings, and KS, JP and GJM contributed to interpretation of findings. RH and LM drafted the manuscript and all authors contributed important intellectual content via written comments. Funding This work was supported by Versus Arthritis [Grant No: 20748] and the British Society for Rheumatology. The funding for the original studies included were from Versus Arthritis (MAmMOTH) and the British Society for Rheumatology (BSRBR-AS and BSR-PsA). LM is supported by the MRC/Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Health and Work [Grant No: 20665].Peer reviewedPublisher PD