Funding for this research was provided by:
Royal College of General Practitioners (NA)
Article History
Received: 5 November 2019
Accepted: 22 April 2020
First Online: 6 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study involved analysis of anonymised data. The study was approved by the Primary Care Clinical Informatics Unit (PCCIU) team in keeping with PCCIU and local ethical committee procedures (Study Reference 201501A).
: Not applicable.
: Corresponding author Christopher Burton is a Section Editor of BMC Family Practice. The other two authors declare no competing interests.