Table 3. Self-reported professional behaviours

	All	GP	GP registrar	Nurse
	(n = 293),%	(n = 159),%	(n = 64),%	(n = 70),%
How often do you … ‘Ask patients about their smoking habits?’
Often	92	96	81	93
Sometimes	7.8	4.4	17	7.1
Rarely	0.3	0.0	1.6	0.0
Never	0	0	0	0
How often do you … ‘Ask patients about their level of alcohol consumption?’
Often	77	77	73	81
Sometimes	22	23	25	17
Rarely	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.4
Never	0	0	0	0
How often do you … ‘Check a patient's weight?’
Often	57	60	25	91
Sometimes	35	36	59	8.7
Rarely	5.8	4.4	16	0.0
Never	0	0	0	0
How often do you … ‘Check a patient's blood pressure?’
Often	94	93	92	97
Sometimes	5.8	6.3	7.9	2.9
Rarely	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.0
Never	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
How often do you … ‘Ask patients about the levels of regular physical activity they are undertaking?’
Often	36	34	13	61
Sometimes	54	56	73	33
Rarely	10	10	14	5.7
Never	0	0	0	0
How often do you … ‘Screen patients using a specific physical activity tool to quantify their activity levels?’
Often	11	6.3	1.6	31
Sometimes	29	30	13	41
Rarely	30	35	33	16
Never	30	28	53	11
How often do you … ‘Signpost inactive patients to local physical activity opportunities?’
Often	21	18	6.3	40
Sometimes	54	63	48	39
Rarely	20	16	36	13
Never	5	2.5	9.4	8.6
How often do you … ‘Provide counselling to motivate inactive patients?’
Often	23	24	6.3	34
Sometimes	41	47	33	33
Rarely	25	19	44	20
Never	12	9.0	17	13
How often do you … ‘Refer inactive patients to exercise programmes?’
Often	16	14	6	27
Sometimes	54	60	53	41
Rarely	25	23	31	24
Never	5.5	3.1	9.4	7.1