Xu, Ruiling
Pauley, Tara Alicia
Missfelder-Lobos, Hannah
Haddon, Richard John
Gupta, Ravindra Kumar
Chong, Hsu Phern http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4662-3882
Article History
Received: 28 October 2020
Accepted: 18 February 2021
First Online: 17 March 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This work was registered as service evaluation project (ID 3079). All women booked for maternity care at the Rosie Maternity Hospital are asked verbally whether they give their consent for data to be used for research and this is recorded in their computerised hospital records. We can therefore confirm that this is a formally approved method of consenting for use of data in research at the Rosie Maternity Unit. Identifiable data were removed from cases to ensure anonymity. 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 collected in the course of routine care.
: Not applicable.
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