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These challenges to the health and well-being of CYP are particularly pronounced amongst underserved populations and it is expected that combining health services and social care services can help address these ongoing inequalities. Despite this significant shift in the delivery of care, there is a lack of robust evidence on families\u2019 experiences of these integrated services to inform their development. This work helps address this by providing a qualitative exploration of the acceptability to families of an early example of an NMDT for CYP, the \u201cSparkbrook Children\u2019s Zone\u201d, as delivered in Birmingham, UK.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study used data collected from two focus groups conducted with eight parents whose children had been treated by the Sparkbrook Children\u2019s Zone. The data were analysed using a directed content analysis to populate the relevant domains of Sekhon\u2019s theoretical framework of acceptability.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In summary (by domain), we found that that individuals' awareness of the service was derived from a range of sources and, although understanding that the service was multidisciplinary, they were sometimes unsure of the precise organisations involved (\n                      <jats:italic>Intervention coherence<\/jats:italic>\n                      ). Parents described how access was supported by a locally situated and collocated service (\n                      <jats:italic>Burden<\/jats:italic>\n                      ), the importance of the personalised relationship they developed with providers (\n                      <jats:italic>Cultural sensitivity<\/jats:italic>\n                      ), and finally, the benefits of extended consultation time and the support they received for the family's complex clinical and social needs (\n                      <jats:italic>Perceived effectiveness<\/jats:italic>\n                      ).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Parents appeared to be strongly in favour of the collocated multi-disciplinarity of the service over their usual primary care. However, more work was needed with larger sample sizes, a broader range of demographies, and across services that offered alternative staffing models. 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