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Received: 5 July 2024

Accepted: 5 November 2024

First Online: 13 November 2024

Declarations

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: Ethical approval for this study was granted from the Human Research Ethics Subcommittee in the College of Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University (HREC no. 6034). . Verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to commencing interviews.

: Not applicable.

: Co-author Sam Manger (SM), a staff member at one of the clinics in this study, was also a participant. Literature supports the transformation of participants into “co-researchers”, particularly when using experience-based co-design processes. He is an author due to his contributions to facilitating the study and writing the article. To minimise potential bias: (1) a second GP at SM’s clinic was interviewed to detect divergent data, (2) SM did not collect data outside his own interview, and (3) he was not involved in coding or analysis of the data. SM reviewed the blinded results section, suggesting only minor changes to in-text wording. Including him as an author is ethical due to his significant contributions, despite potential conflict of interest. Co-author Paul Worley (PW) is a staff member at another participating practice but was not involved in data collection, coding, or analysis. All participant details were blinded before PW contributed to writing this manuscript.