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Received: 17 May 2018

Accepted: 6 December 2018

First Online: 21 December 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This feasibility study was reviewed and approved to proceed by the University of Oxford Joint Research Office (JRO) study classification group (ref: PID13023). The JRO determined that the PARCS study falls outside of the definition of research that requires Health Research Authority (HRA) ethical approval and is therefore was not subject to the Department of Health’s Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care (2005). It does not therefore require further assessment or approval prior to commencement. Informed Consent will be sought from participants as detailed in the main body of this paper.

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: Andrew Carr has applied for a patent that will be considered as part of this work. We have carefully designed a robust research strategy that incorporates substantial independent input throughout to ensure no other individual, whether they be within or out the project team, can have undue influence on the process. Amar Rangan has received educational and research grants from DePuy Ltd. outside the scope of this work. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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