Sausman, Jane
Arif, Azra
Young, Annie
MacArtney, John
Bailey, Cara
Rajani, Jaimini
Burt, Rebecca
Funding for this research was provided by:
West Midlands Clinical Research Network , UK (REPLICA1_2_UHCW_ME, REPLICA1_2_UHCW_ME, REPLICA1_2_UHCW_ME, REPLICA1_2_UHCW_ME, REPLICA1_2_UHCW_ME, REPLICA1_2_UHCW_ME, REPLICA1_2_UHCW_ME)
Article History
Received: 12 June 2023
Accepted: 22 August 2023
First Online: 6 September 2023
Declarations
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: The Research and Development (R&D) department at the West Midlands Hospital, in line with the Governance Arrangements for Research Ethics Committees (GAfREC), reviewed the protocol and confirmed that the Research Ethics Committee (REC) or Health Research Authority (HRA) review was not required because the participants were staff, by virtue of their professional work, rather than NHS patients or service users - see GAfREC link. Written confirmation of this status and approval to commence the study was received 12th August 2019 from the Governance Team, R&D Department, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwick, Study Reference: GF0343. Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations in the Declaration of Helsinki (2013 amendment).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.