Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research (Post doctoral fellowship)
Article History
Received: 12 September 2019
Accepted: 30 January 2020
First Online: 12 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The quantitative study did not require UK Health Research Authority ethical approval, however approval was required from the Confidential Advisory Group (CAG) (CAG ref.: 17/CAG/0006) to obtain retrospective data from maternal records without consent from the women whose records were accessed. For the qualitative study; the UK Health Research Authority do not deem it necessary to approve research that only includes National Health Service employees, however in line with UK ‘Good Clinical (research) Practice’, all interviewed participants read a study information sheet and provided written consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.