Preston, Nancy
Cockshott, Zoë
Russell, Siân
Stocker, Rachel
Knight, Jo
Mason, Suzanne
Hanratty, Barbara
Funding for this research was provided by:
HDRUK (CFC0124, CFC0124, CFC0124, CFC0124, CFC0124, CFC0124, CFC0124)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (COV0466&MR/V028502/1, COV0466&MR/V028502/1, COV0466&MR/V028502/1, COV0466&MR/V028502/1, COV0466&MR/V028502/1, COV0466&MR/V028502/1, COV0466&MR/V028502/1)
Article History
Received: 19 April 2024
Accepted: 10 February 2025
First Online: 24 February 2025
Declarations
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: This study received ethical approval from the Health Research Authority and Health and Care Research Wales Approval; IRAS 286043 REC Ref 20/LO/0962 London - Camberwell St Giles Research Ethics Committee, dated 23/09/2020; and from the Faculty of Medical Sciences Research Ethics Committee, part of Newcastle University’s Research Ethics Committee (ref: 12966/2020). The research was conducted in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations, including the Declaration of Helsinki, and according to the protocol outlined in the ethics application. The protocol was approved by Ethics Committees whose members are required to be impartial and avoid conflicts of interest. Informed consent was obtained from all interview participants prior to interview and data collection. Participants’ privacy and confidentiality were observed by secured storage of data, and only limited members of the qualitative research team had access to any non-anonymised data, prior to anonymisation. All data was anonymised for analysis and reporting.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.