Delord, Marc
Sun, Xiaohui
Learoyd, Annastazia
Curcin, Vasa
Wolfe, Charles
Ashworth, Mark
Douiri, Abdel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust,United Kingdom (EIC180702)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR202339)
Article History
Received: 10 April 2024
Accepted: 22 October 2024
First Online: 19 December 2024
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Data were provided by the Lambeth DataNet upon approval for the analysis of fully anonymised data by the Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group. All patients were informed through ’Fair Processing Notices’ of the potential use of collected electronic health records in ’secondary data analysis’ and were given the option to opt out of data sharing scheme. Accordingly, this study was exempt from ethical committee approval and individual consent requirements as per the National Health Institute (NHI) Health Research Authority (HRA) guidelines for research using anonymised primary care data in the United Kingdom.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.