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Article History

Received: 27 September 2023

Revised: 14 December 2023

Accepted: 18 December 2023

First Online: 1 May 2024

Ethics declaration

: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. The authors confirm that ethical approval was not required for this project as this was a service evaluation rather than a research study. The purpose of the service evaluation was to measure the appropriateness of the patient pathway and measure its effectiveness against the previous pathway. The project was approved by Dorset County Hospital's Clinical Audit Department (Audit registration number 5857). No interventions on patients were carried out. Patient consent was not required for this service evaluation as the data was reviewed retrospectively and anonymised.

: Data availability

: The data is not publicly available due to it containing information that could compromise the privacy of patients.