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Article History

Received: 5 May 2022

Accepted: 23 June 2022

First Online: 15 August 2022

Declarations

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: The London-Bromley Research Ethics Committee approved the study (REC reference 21/PR/1029). The study will be conducted in compliance with the Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care and Good Clinical Practice (GCP). The Chief Investigator will be responsible for the ongoing management of the study. The Sponsor will monitor and conduct audits on a selection of studies in its clinical research portfolio. Monitoring and auditing will be conducted in accordance with the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care 2017 and in accordance with the Sponsor’s monitoring and audit procedures.All participants (healthcare professionals/providers and women) participating in interviews or focus groups will be provided with participant information sheets and be required to give informed consent. This consent can be confirmed in writing or verbally, where the interview or focus group is being carried out virtually, and if women participants are unable to access the necessary technology (e.g. word processing or document scanning). Consent to completing the surveys will be confirmed by a consent statement and tick box on the online platform.

: Not applicable. This paper does not contain any individual person’s data in any form.

: JS is Head of Maternity and Midwifery Research at NHS England and NHS Improvement. EL is a member of the University of Bristol (UoB) and part of his salary until 31/7/2021 was paid by the PROMPT Maternity Foundation (PMF) to UoB. He has no conflict of interest since then. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.