Kennedy, Oliver John
Chauhan, Umesh
Gorman, Louise
Lorigan, Paul
Merriel, Samuel W. D.
Perumal, Antonia
Van Staa, Tjeerd
Wright, Alison
Ashcroft, Darren Mark
Funding for this research was provided by:
NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Research Collaboration (NIHR204295)
Article History
Received: 26 November 2025
Accepted: 30 April 2026
First Online: 20 May 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Clinical Practice Research Datalink’s (CPRD) independent scientific advisory committee (23_003009). CPRD also has ethical approval from the Health Research Authority to support research using anonymised patient data (research ethics committee reference 21/EM/0265). Individual patient consent was not required as all data were deidentified.
: Not applicable
: DMA and TVS report receiving support for the present work from National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). PL reports grants or contracts from Pierre Fabre, consulting fees from Regeneron, payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events from BMS, Pierre Fabre and Merck, and Support for attending meetings and/or travel from Merck.