Rashed, Asia N http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1313-0915
Whittlesea, Cate
Davies, Caroline
Forbes, Ben
Tomlin, Stephen
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Health Foundation (7139)
Article History
Received: 26 October 2018
Accepted: 18 February 2019
First Online: 23 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Research and Development department at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust as a non-Ethics study (Reference number RJ113/N084). The Proportionate Review Services, Health Research Authority, confirmed that local NHS Research Ethics Committee approval was not required. As participants in the observation study, focus groups and survey questionnaire were healthcare professionals, no direct contact with patients or informed consent was required. Only anonymized data was recorded which cannot be traced to individual patients.
: Not applicable.
: ANR was funded by the Health Foundation. CW, CD, BF and ST declare that they have no competing interests.
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