Aminu, Abodunrin Q.
McMahon, Alex D.
Clark, Claire
Sherriff, Andrea
Buchanan, Caroline
Watling, Chris
Mahmoud, Ahmed
Culshaw, Shauna
Mackay, William
Gorman, Megan
Braid, Raymond
Edwards, Maura
Conway, David I.
Article History
Received: 1 November 2022
Revised: 19 January 2023
Accepted: 26 January 2023
First Online: 24 May 2023
Ethics declaration
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: This study was performed within Public Health Scotland as part of its statutory duty to monitor and investigate public health problems. Under the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research set out by the NHS Health Research Authority, this study does not fall within the definition of research and ethical review was therefore not required, and the scientific officer of the West of Scotland Research Ethics Committee provided written confirmation that formal ethics review was not required.
: Individual consent is not required for Public Health Scotland staff to process personal data to perform specific tasks in the public interest that fall within its statutory role. The statutory basis for this is set out in Public Health Scotland's Privacy Notice (https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/our-privacy-notice/personal-data-processing/). A Data Protection Impact Assessment was completed and information governance approval was obtained from Public Health Scotland (DP22230088).