Karampatakis, Georgios Dimitrios https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0623-8231
Ryan, Kath
Patel, Nilesh
Lau, Wing Man
Stretch, Graham
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Reading (GS16-060 (postgraduate studentship reference number))
Ealing GP Federation (through the postgraduate studentship - no seperate number available)
Article History
Received: 17 November 2017
Accepted: 19 December 2018
First Online: 14 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study received a favourable opinion from the Research Ethics Committee of the School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy at the University of Reading (Study Number: 37/16). The research team also gained verbal governance approval from the respective Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to which the Federations, in which the study was carried out, belong (i.e. the NHS Ealing CCG and the NHS Hammersmith & Fulham CCG). All participants signed an informed consent form.
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