Gartner, Andrea
Daniel, Rhian
Slyne, CiarĂ¡n
Nnoaham, Kelechi Ebere
Article History
Received: 30 June 2023
Accepted: 5 June 2024
First Online: 18 June 2024
Declarations
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: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Approval for the use of anonymised data in this study, provisioned within the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank was granted by an independent Information Governance Review Panel (IGRP) under project 1067. The IGRP has a membership comprised of senior representatives from the British Medical Association (BMA), the National Research Ethics Service (NRES), Public Health Wales and Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW). Our study involved retrospectively linking and analysing already collected and centrally held routine administrative data comprising anonymised electronic records therefore, we were exempt from National Research Ethics Committee (NREC) and obtaining informed consent from participants did not apply to our study. This was also confirmed by the SAIL Databank IGRP.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.