Fahmy, Sandra
Garfield, Sara
Furniss, Dominic
Blandford, Ann
Franklin, Bryony Dean http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2892-1245
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (12/209/27)
Article History
Received: 13 December 2017
Accepted: 2 March 2018
First Online: 9 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by an NHS Research Ethics Committee (14/SC/0290). Written informed consent was obtained from ward managers by the local co-ordinator before including ward areas in the ECLIPSE study from which our study data originate. As per the protocol approved by the ethics committee, written consent was not required from individual patients or ward staff.
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