Chong, Hsu Phern
Hodson, James
Selman, Tara J.
Hudsmith, Lucy E.
Thompson, Peter J.
Morris, Rachel Katherine
Thorne, Sara
Article History
Received: 22 June 2018
Accepted: 6 August 2019
First Online: 4 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The women who delivered at Birmingham Women’s Hospital consented to anonymoususage of data for research purposes. All women booked for maternity care at BWH are asked verbally whether they give their consent for data to be used for research and this is recorded in the hand held pregnancy records or since 2018 on the electronic patient record. We can therefore confirm that this is a formally approved method of consenting for use of data in research at Birmingham Women’s Hospital. Identifiable data were removed from cases to ensure anonymity. Additionally, In accordance with the United Kingdom National Health Service National Research Ethics Service guidance, neither individual informed consent nor formal research ethics committee review was required, because the study was undertaken by the direct clinical team using information previously collected in the course of routine care [CitationRef removed]. Identifiable data were removed from cases to ensure anonymity.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.