Likert ratings for items ensuring eligible cases for discussion in the inflammatory bowel disease multidisciplinary meeting—Seven items were incorporated into the Delphi and consensus for inclusion (Likert ranking >3; IQR ≤1) was obtained for four items (shaded green). Four items achieved consensus and ranked as ‘important’ (shaded green). Three items did not achieve consensus.
| Likert rating (median; IQR) | ||
| Items identified from stage 1—semistructured interviews28 | Complex cases requiring surgery | 4; 4–5 |
| All patients on biologics | 4; 3–4 | |
| All new diagnoses | 4; 3–4 | |
| All patients who have undergone recent IBD surgery | 3.5; 3–4 | |
| Nothing—no need for an eligibility criteria | 5; 3–5 | |
| Any case at the discretion of the named IBD physician | 4; 3–5 | |
| All cases discussed once a year | 2; 2–3.7 | |