Donovan, Joseph
Glover, Abena
Gregson, John
Hitchings, Andrew W.
Wall, Emma C.
Heyderman, Robert S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Professor David Moore
Article History
Received: 26 April 2023
Accepted: 2 January 2024
First Online: 25 January 2024
Declarations
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: This study was performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations, and in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.ICNARC data were collected by ICNARC under existing ethical approvals. As available on ExternalRef removed, ICNARC have approval to hold patient identifiable data under Sect. 251 of the NHS Act 2006. Approval was granted by the Confidentiality Advisory Group (CAG) within the Health Research Authority (HRA) (previously National Information Governance Board). The approval number for the CMP was PIAG 2–10(f)/2005. Ethical approval for this study was granted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Research Ethics Committee (26550). Individual participant content was waived by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Research Ethics Committee due to retrospective nature of the study. An information sharing agreement was signed with ICNARC.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.