Tankel, Jeremy W.
Ratcliffe, David
Smith, Martin
Mullarkey, Andrew
Pover, Jennifer
Marsden, Zoe
Bennett, Paula
Green, Darren
Article History
Received: 23 December 2020
Accepted: 30 March 2021
First Online: 1 May 2021
Declarations
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: Data sharing agreements and a Data Protection Impact Assessment were completed and approved by the Caldicott Guardian for each participating organisation. The approach followed the terms of the NHS Control of Patient Information Regulations 2020 for sharing of information in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic [CitationRef removed]. As such, no additional formal application for ethical approval was sought, nor was any consent for participation.
: Not applicable.
: Health Innovation Manchester was commissioned by Salford Clinical Commissioning Group to undertake data extraction and data analysis (PB, AM, ZM, JP).JT is the employed Medical Director for Salford CCG and they funded this work. Some of the patients in this review were patients of the practice in which he is a partner. He did not take part in the final review of those particular cases.The other authors (DR, MS, DG) have no competing interests to declare.