Hagan, Alexander J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3622-3949
Hill, Rebecca M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8405-2219
Kingston, Andrew https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4211-7007
Bailey, Simon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4763-4329
Verity, Sarah J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9111-780X
Funding for this research was provided by:
OSCAR’s Paediatric Brain Tumour Charity (SR101122)
Tom’s Trust (TT/SJV/130625)
Article History
Received: 22 June 2025
Accepted: 17 July 2025
First Online: 31 July 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted as a registered service evaluation and recorded as No. 9049 and No. 10480 in the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust Clinical Effectiveness Register. All data were collected as part of routine clinical practice and anonymised prior to analysis. Only group-level results are reported, in accordance with UK Health Research Authority guidance and the UK General Data Protection Regulation on the secondary use of anonymised health data. As such, NHS Research Ethics Committee approval was not required, in accordance with Health Research Authority guidance.
: Specific patient consent was not required as data were collected during routine clinical care and used in a fully anonymised format. Only group-level results are reported, in accordance with UK Health Research Authority guidance and the UK General Data Protection Regulation on the secondary use of anonymised health data.