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Article History

Received: 6 June 2022

Accepted: 16 January 2023

First Online: 20 January 2023

Declarations

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: The project was registered with King’s College London Research Governance Office (DPRF-20/21–17283). After seeking clarification, ethical approval was deemed unnecessary by King’s College London ethics office as the questionnaire fitted the criteria of service evaluation/audit, and as no patient identifiable information was used. Deemed as service evaluation/audit (and not research), informed consent was therefore also unnecessary as per national regulations. However, ethical principals were still adhered to, and steps were undertaken to ensure that only voluntary participants took part after receiving appropriate information []. After receiving information explaining the purpose of the questionnaire in an email, and regarding confidentiality, participants could voluntarily click on the hyperlink to undertake the questionnaire. A privacy policy was displayed on the first page of the questionnaire (before the questions began) including how we gathered, managed, stored and shared data supplied during the questionnaire. If participants were content, they would therefore continue with the questions in the questionnaire. This process was fully appropriate and met national regulations.

: Not applicable as no individual person’s data in any form is included.

: AHS is Principal Investigator on Hologic® funded science grants, which are paid directly to institute. NC received financial assistance from Hologic® covering expenses only, paid directly to institute, to provide educational talks on preterm birth. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.