Brunsdon, Dan
Biesty, Linda
Brocklehurst, Peter
Brueton, Valerie
Devane, Declan
Elliott, Jim
Galvin, Sandra
Gamble, Carrol
Gardner, Heidi
Healy, Patricia
Hood, Kerenza
Jordan, Joan
Lanz, Doris
Maeso, Beccy
Roberts, Amanda
Skene, Imogen
Soulsby, Irene
Stewart, Derek
Torgerson, David
Treweek, Shaun
Whiting, Caroline
Wren, Sharon
Worrall, Andrew
Gillies, Katie http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7890-2854
Funding for this research was provided by:
Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate (CGA/17/49)
Medical Research Council Methodology Fellowship (MR/L01193X/1)
HRB-TMRN
Article History
Received: 20 February 2019
Accepted: 29 August 2019
First Online: 15 October 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This project was confirmed by the Sponsor (University of Aberdeen) and local Research Ethics Service (North of Scotland Research Ethics Service) to be service evaluation (in this context the service being trials) and development. Therefore, this work is deemed to not require ethical approval.Stakeholders were identified and invited to participate in the research by virtue of their being part of national and/or international organisations. No participants were identified and invited directly through the National Health Service; therefore, this work was deemed not to require Research and Development approvals.
: Not applicable.
: Professor Shaun Treweek is an Editor-in-Chief for <i>Trials</i>.