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Article History

Received: 20 January 2023

Accepted: 24 April 2023

First Online: 20 May 2023

Declarations

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: This project was given approval by Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust’s Research and Development Department, in July 2020 (service evaluation reference:- 11046). All participants provided their informed consent to participate. This was taken verbally at the beginning of every interview; as was pragmatic for conducting qualitative research virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic, due to traditional ‘wet signature’ consent not being possible in light of lockdown restrictions. An interview method was utilised in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations, with the interview schedule also receiving approval. All participants were also made aware of their right to withdraw. Participants were able to have their transcripts returned to them and redact any data they wished to be excluded from analyses.

: Not applicable.

: Kaat De Backer, Abigail Easter, & Jane Sandall (King’s College London) are currently supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration South London [NIHR ARC South London] at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Sergio A. Silverio is in receipt of a Personal Doctoral Fellowship from the NIHR ARC South London Capacity Building Theme [ref:- NIHR-INF-2170] and Jane Sandall is an NIHR Senior Investigator Emerita [ref:- NIHR200306]. Kaat De Backer was previously supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration East of England [NIHR ARC East of England] at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust and is now funded by an NIHR Doctoral Fellowship. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.