Boulding, Harriet http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3144-0108
Kamenetzky, Adam http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1214-3338
Ghiga, Ioana
Ioppolo, Becky
Herrera, Facundo
Parks, Sarah
Manville, Catriona
Guthrie, Susan
Hinrichs-Krapels, Saba http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9043-8847
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research
Article History
Received: 19 November 2018
Accepted: 20 January 2020
First Online: 19 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Approval from King’s Research Ethics Office, Reference: MR/16/17–365. Consent was obtained from all participants included in the study. Participants were sent a letter by email which outlined the nature of the project and what participation involved, and made clear that participation was entirely voluntary. It was not deemed practical to obtain written consent as participants were all interviewed over the phone and located in different parts of the country. This procedure was approved by the ethics committee, who note that where written consent is not practical, verbal consent may be obtained. Verbal consent was given to take part in interviews, and participants approved the use of quotes included in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.