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Received: 15 June 2024

Accepted: 8 October 2024

First Online: 16 October 2024

Declarations

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: The Health Research Authority (HRA) Medical Research Council decision tool was used to establish the need for Research Ethical Committee (REC) approval. The toolkit advised that REC approval would not be required. St. Georges University Ethical Committee (SGREC) was required, and the study was registered (ID-SE0123). Prior to commencing the study, the KSS Research and Innovation Committee approved the protocol and the research materials.A ‘Consent to Participate’ form was appended to the patient information sheet (PIS) that was installed into REDCap. Respondent completion of this was essential prior to study inclusion to ensure maintenance of anonymity and confidentiality. Respondents were advised that no identifiable information should be discussed within the questionnaire itself, including any reference to colleagues or patients. All data were immediately checked and anonymised thus mitigating any risk to confidentiality [, ]. The researcher reserved the right to withdraw and delete parts of the questionnaire if confidentiality was compromised. Due to the nature of the questions asked and the minimal opportunity to write free text, breaking confidentiality was unanticipated and considered low risk. In addition, respondents have organisational access to a governed TRiM service, which was highlighted to all participants prior to commencing the study. To maintain a robust research process, the Standards Reporting Qualitative Research (SRQR) was used [].

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: The authors declare no competing interests.