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Received: 20 February 2017

Accepted: 24 January 2018

First Online: 2 February 2018

Authors’ information

: CQ: PhD, Senior Research Fellow and qualitative methodologist in mental health and wellbeing of socially marginalised groups.KD: DClinPsy, Clinical Psychologist.PS: MPH, General Practitioner working with homeless and offending populations.CO: PhD, qualitative methodologist and Associate Professor of Public Mental Health.RS: D.Phil, Professor of Health and Social Services Research.JC: MD, General Practitioner and Professor of General Practice and Primary Care.IP: PhD, Associate Research Fellow, Health Services Research.JA: PhD, Associate Professor, Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies.RB: PhD, General Practitioner and Professor in Primary Care Research.

: Overall ethical approval was obtained from the Cardiff Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee [08/MRE09/39] and local governance approvals were obtained from PCTs for each site. Governance approval was also obtained from Her Majesty’s Prison Service (HMPS), National Offender Management Service (NOMS) [NRC 22/10] and their Research Quality Assurance (RQA) process [RQA 518]. Written consent for participation was undertaken for all participants who were recruited to the study; these procedures formed part of the ethical approval process.

: Written consent for publication, including publication of anonymous quotes, was undertaken for all participants who were recruited to the study; these procedures formed part of the ethical approval process.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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