Jessup, R. L.
Awad, N.
Beauchamp, A.
Bramston, C.
Campbell, D.
Semciw, Al
Tully, N.
Fabri, A. M.
Hayes, J.
Hull, S.
Clarke, A. C.
Article History
Received: 14 July 2021
Accepted: 10 June 2022
First Online: 13 July 2022
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the NH Human Research Low Risk Ethics Committee (reference number 68253). All staff participants provided informed verbal consent, all patient participants provided implied consent with completion of the survey, which was made explicit in the survey explanatory statement. The ethics committee approved the procedure for implied patient consent and verbal staff consent. These consent methods were approved by the committee during the COVID-19 pandemic in line with the move to virtual interviewing. This was aimed to reduce the risk of research adding to the COVID-19 burden. Each verbal staff consent was recorded separately, including the date and time of recording and the responsible person for gaining the consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.