Newby, Katie
Howlett, Neil
Wagner, Adam P.
Smeeton, Nigel
Fakoya, Olujoke
Lloyd, Nigel
Freethy, Imogen
Bontoft, Charis
Brown, Katherine
McKibben, Mary-Ann
Petherick, Annie
Wills, Wendy
Article History
Received: 8 March 2023
Accepted: 6 July 2024
First Online: 27 August 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was granted by the University of Hertfordshire’s Health Science Technology and Engineering Ethics Committee with Delegated Authority (ECDA; Protocol number: aLMS/SF/UH/04546(3)). Informed consent was waived by the ECDA Ethics Committee given that NERS service users had provided consent at scheme registration for their data to be used for the purposes of evaluation and service improvement. This study was conducted according to the principles expressed in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: This PHIRST evaluation was initiated following submission of an expression of interest to the funder by Public Health Wales, with partnership working between this initiator and the research team encouraged by the funder. MAM and AP are employed by Public Health Wales and have strategic oversight of NERS. They are included as co-authors to fairly reflect their involvement in conceiving the research and supporting preparation of the manuscript. There was no undue influence by MAM or AP in any aspect of the research and all study conclusions were reached independently. Other authors declare that they have no competing interests.