Smith, Jane R. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5658-9334
Greaves, Colin J.
Thompson, Janice L.
Taylor, Rod S.
Jones, Matthew
Armstrong, Rosy
Moorlock, Sarah
Griffin, Ann
Solomon-Moore, Emma
Biddle, Michele S. Y.
Price, Lisa
Abraham, Charles
Funding for this research was provided by:
School for Public Health Research (SPHR-EXE-PES-COM)
Peninsula Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care
National Institute for Health Research (CDF-2012-05-029)
National Lottery Community Fund
Article History
Received: 12 April 2019
Accepted: 6 November 2019
First Online: 27 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Multi-site ethics approval was obtained prior to commencement of the trial and for subsequent protocol amendments via the North West Lancaster NHS Research Ethics Committee (reference 14/NW/1113) who are independent of all the institutions involved and had no role in the design, conduct or reporting of the research. Local NHS research governance approvals were also obtained at the two sites (UK Clinical Research Network (UKCRN) portfolio ID: 17309). All participants provided written informed consent to participate.
: Not applicable.
: All authors have completed the Unified Competing Interest form (available on request from the corresponding author) and declare that they have no competing interests.