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Authors
Crowe, Kirsty J.
McManus, Siobhan K.
Glen, Julie A.
Stevenson, Karen S.
McLaughlin, Ian M.
Nicol, Alice
Geddes, Colin C.
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Article History
Received: 7 March 2024
Accepted: 8 January 2025
First Online: 18 January 2025
Declarations
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: Approval for the analysis and consent to utilise anonymised data was obtained from the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde institutional data protection and information governance department (Caldicott). As per UK Health Research Authority guidelines, and decision tool accessible via their website () this service evaluation is not considered research and thus ethical approval is not required. This is because:1. No interventions are being carried out in patients—this is an observation of clinical practice.2. Data is collected after patient’s usual care procedures from the procedures that they routinely undergo.3. Only anonymised data is collected and uploaded onto a secure database.Informed consent from individual patients for this evaluation is not required as data is anonymised as per UK Health Research Authority and Scottish Executive Health Department guidelines.
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: CG is a council member of the UK Kidney Association and co-chair of the UK living kidney transplant network. KC, KS, JG, AN, IM and SM have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.
