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Article History

Received: 28 January 2020

Accepted: 26 March 2020

First Online: 15 April 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethics approval for this study was obtained from Edinburgh Napier University (SHSC 18014). We were advised that NHS Ethics was not considered necessary by the NHS Lothian Research Governance & Management Approval office of the Academic and Clinical Central Office for Research and Development (ACCORD). All interview participants had chosen to participate in the interviews, were fully informed about the purpose of the study and provided written consent prior to the interviews taking place. Where this was by telephone, consent forms were emailed in advance to participants and verbal consent was reconfirmed at the time of the interview. Note all interviews were conducted with health professional and policy staff only.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.