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Bond, Christine M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0429-5208
Holland, Richard
Alldred, David P.
Arthur, Antony
Barton, Garry
Blyth, Annie
Desborough, James
Ford, Joanna
Handford, Christine
Hill, Helen
Hughes, Carmel M.
Maskrey, Vivienne
Massey, Kate
Myint, Phyo K.
Norris, Nigel
Poland, Fiona M.
Shepstone, Lee
Turner, David
Zermansky, Arnold
Wright, David
Funding for this research was provided by:
NHS National Institute for Health Research (RP-PG-0613-20007)
Article History
Received: 15 July 2019
Accepted: 22 October 2019
First Online: 21 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study has been approved by both the East of England Research Ethics Committee (REC) and the Scottish REC. Approval in both countries was required because of differences in national laws for involving subjects lacking capacity to consent. Research and Development approvals have also been secured as necessary for all NHS organisational units involved. All subsequent amendments are submitted as necessary to the relevant committee and not enacted until approval has been awarded. All participants were formally invited and consented in line with the processes described in the paper.
: No individual person’s data in any form is included in the paper, or will be reported in the publication of the main trial results.
: None of the investigators, grant holders or any of the research team members have any financial or competing interests.