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Article History

Received: 9 August 2024

Accepted: 6 March 2025

First Online: 26 March 2025

Declarations

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: Human ethics approval not applicable. The study was not considered research but rather an evaluation of the delivery of a training programme. Ethical approval was deemed unnecessary according to the NHS Health Research Authority decision-making tool (). The NHS Health Research Authority (HRA) decision-making tool is approved by the HRA. The HRA has approved the tool for use and for outcomes of the tool to be definitive without further verification or approval of the outcome by the HRA. The HRA is a body of the UK Department of Health and Social care and is afforded responsibility from the UK Government for the ethical review and approval of health and social care research.The HRA states ‘to assist organisations in determining whether a project is research, we provide the decision tool. The outcome of the decision tool can be taken as authoritative and you do not need to seek further confirmation. Where a project will not be managed as research there is no need to apply for HRA approval or NHS Research Ethics Committee approval.’All participants provided their written informed consent to take part.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.