Parry, Emma https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0278-6898
Ahmed, Kamran
Guest, Elizabeth
Klaire, Vijay
Koodaruth, Abdool
Labutale, Prasadika
Matthews, Dawn
Lampitt, Jonathan
Nevill, Alan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0506-3652
Pickavance, Gillian
Sidhu, Mona
Warren, Kate
Singh, Baldev M. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3460-6759
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health and Care Research (2020-10-001)
Article History
Received: 7 December 2023
Accepted: 29 November 2024
First Online: 18 December 2024
Declarations
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: Ethics approval and informed consent was not deemed necessary for this study according to our Institutional Review Board (Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Research and Development Department).The systems were designed and the data accrued for a wider programme relating to service reconfiguration in our local health economy and as such the GP assessments were part of routine care.No selection or randomisation was applied, interventions were part of indicated clinical care and thus research ethical approval was not deemed necessary as confirmed within local governance processes. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations and in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.