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Authors
Johnston, Isobel
Price, Owen http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4601-3363
McPherson, Peter
Armitage, Christopher J.
Brooks, Helen
Bee, Penny
Lovell, Karina
Brooks, Cat Papastavrou
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Technology Assessment Programme (16/101/02)
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Article History
Received: 16 November 2020
Accepted: 1 February 2022
First Online: 15 February 2022
Declarations
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: University of Manchester institutional ethical approval to conduct the study was granted on 02/05/2018 (Ref: NHS001323) subsequent to receiving Health Research Authority (UK National Health Service) approval on 21/03/2018. The study was reviewed by South Yorkshire NHS Research Ethics Committee and favourable opinion was received on 05/03/2018 (Ref: 18/YH/0035). Processes to ensure informed consent were the following. Study information packs were distributed to all eligible staff and patients. Interested staff returned ‘consent-to-contact’ forms to researchers and patients returned these forms to ward staff for collection by researchers. No participants were approached by researchers until consent-to-contact forms had been received. Patient capacity to participate was assessed by registered ward nurses. Participants provided written informed consent prior to participating in the study.
: Participants consented to have the interviews and focus groups digitally recorded and for direct quotations to be used in report-writing.
: None.
