Weetman, Katharine
Grimley, Catherine
Bailey, Cara
Bernstein, Celia J.
Dale, Jeremy
Fitch, Aprella
Mitchell, Sarah
Tiwana, Rumandeep
MacArtney, John I.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research for Patient Benefit Programme (NIHR204938)
Article History
Received: 3 June 2025
Accepted: 15 July 2025
First Online: 26 July 2025
Declarations
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: Participants provided informed verbal consent to participate, recorded through written consent forms. Participation in the study was entirely voluntary. Ethical approval was granted by the Health Research Authority (HRA) and NHS REC in the UK on 05/12/2023 ref: 23/WM/0250 (IRAS ID: 322302). The University of Birmingham acted as sponsor. We also obtained local research approval from each site’s research governance committee or equivalent. Data protection and confidentiality procedures were observed. The study was registered at ISRCTN Registry on 29.12.2023 ref: ISRCTN18098027 ().
: This consent process and form included consent for quotes and data to be used in anonymised form for outputs and publications. Consent for identifiable and individual data to be published was not obtained as this was not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.