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Funding for this research was provided by:
British Geriatrics Society (.)
Article History
Received: 19 August 2019
Accepted: 30 October 2019
First Online: 14 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted at each individual site as part of a national audit of delirium screening; confirmation was obtained from the Birmingham Research Ethics Committee that review by a research ethics committee was not required, as per HRA guidance. The audit was registered at each site as per local governance policies. Anonymous data was collected centrally, and the University of Birmingham ethical review committee provided approval for secondary data analysis of the anonymised database (ERN_18-1415).
: Not applicable—no personal information has been included within this publication, and all data used in the analysis was fully anonymised.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.