de Valois, Beverley http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0665-1432
Young, Teresa http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0367-2980
Thorpe, Pam http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0616-261X
Degun, Tarsem http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5854-8173
Corbishley, Karen http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7038-3540
Article History
Received: 12 November 2021
Accepted: 2 February 2022
First Online: 26 February 2022
Declarations
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: The salaries of Beverley de Valois, Pam Thorpe, Karen Corbishley and Tarsem Degun are funded by the East and North Hertfordshire Hospitals’ Charity.
: This is a service evaluation and in line with guidance from the United Kingdom’s Health Research Authority (HRA), service evaluations do not require ethical review ExternalRef removed<u>.</u> Professor Jane Maher, Medical Director of the Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre, approved data collection in 2005. Data collection for this service accorded with ethical standards laid down by the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Individuals gave written consent to have this treatment after receiving information about the intervention and the opportunity to ask questions. In giving informed consent, individuals consented to be involved in this evaluation. This dataset stretches back to 2005 and at the time this service started, ethical approval was not required for publication of clinical outcome measures.
: The authors affirm that service users provided informed consent to participate in this service.
: The authors affirm that service users provided informed consent for their data to be used in this evaluation.