Wemyss, Callum
Bell, Garmon W.
McFadyen, Angus K.
Article History
Received: 20 December 2024
Revised: 30 April 2025
Accepted: 14 May 2025
First Online: 19 September 2025
Ethics declaration
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. Although no patient identifiers were collected, Caldicott Guardian approval was obtained from the Board's Head of Information Governance. The study was registered with NHS Dumfries and Galloway Research and Development Department (JC/20/DGY/037). The West of Scotland Ethics Service confirmed that this study did not require review from an NHS Research Ethics Committee. Consent to participate was not necessary for retrospective data collection.