Bach, Fiona https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8688-9127
Easter, Christina
Sitch, Alice
Morris, Katie
Toozs-Hobson, Philip
Funding for this research was provided by:
BSUG
Article History
Received: 1 September 2025
Accepted: 14 December 2025
First Online: 14 January 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was not required for this work as all patients’ details who are entered onto the database consent to the data being used for research. A two stage approval was required for the data to be released from the BSUG database for interrogation.
: FB—no disclosures.CE—No disclosures.AS—This paper presents independent research supported by the NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Birmingham. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.KM—no disclosures.PT—no disclosures.