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Tafti, Elena Ashtari
Cannaby, Ann-Marie
Carter, Vanda
Strobel, Stephenson
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Article History
Received: 11 July 2024
Accepted: 29 April 2025
First Online: 9 May 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethics approval was obtained from the Health Research Authority (HRA) Research Ethics Committee (IRAS Project ID: 272928), and locally from the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust’s Research and Development department and relevant governance committees.Informed consent to participate was not obtained from staff participants, as the study was deemed exempt from this requirement by the approving committees due to the use of anonymized secondary data. Patient data used in the study were also fully anonymized prior to analysis, and the requirement for informed consent was waived by the same ethics committees in accordance with UK regulations governing secondary use of anonymized health data.
: All necessary local approvals were obtained prior to commencement of the study as outlined in the approved protocol (Version 10.0, April 3rd, 2020).
: The authors declare no competing interests.
