McNally, Richard J. Q. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6685-6467
Wakeford, Richard https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2934-0987
Bunch, Kathryn J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4202-5903
Hayes, Louise https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6442-4150
Vernon, Sally https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6290-715X
Jeffrey, Polly-Anne https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6476-0402
Paley, Lizz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3879-5377
Elliott, Alex https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9285-5716
Funding for this research was provided by:
UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) – Policy Research Programme (PR-ST-1017-10001, PR-ST-1017-10001, PR-ST-1017-10001, PR-ST-1017-10001, PR-ST-1017-10001, PR-ST-1017-10001, PR-ST-1017-10001)
Article History
Received: 4 April 2024
Accepted: 27 July 2024
First Online: 16 August 2024
Declarations
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: Permission for the study was given on 30 July 2018 by the Newcastle University, Faculty of Medical Sciences Research Ethics Committee (application number: 1530/6677/2018). Approval from the Public Benefit and Privacy Panel for Health and Social Care (reference number 1718 − 0248) was received on 19 March 2019. Data Sharing Agreement (GDPR Compliant) between Public Health England, an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care, and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, dated 9 September 2019.
: Not applicable.
: R.W. is a member of the Technical Working Party of the Compensation Scheme for Radiation-Linked Diseases (http://www.csrld.org.uk). Otherwise, the authors declare no potential conflict of interest.