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Performed data acquisition, analysis and design of supporting figures and tables: Grant M
Performed data acquisition and review of literature, as well as providing administrative, technical, and
material support: Fleet M
Performed data acquisition: Lee M
Made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the study, review of all data, results of
evidence review and manuscript: Jones I

Availability of data and materials
The data supporting this work are provided in the text. Additional raw data will be made available by the
corresponding authors upon reasonable request.

Financial support and sponsorship
Wilson E, Grant M, Fleet M, and Jones I have presented the data at the Humeca ISBI Meek Summit 2024,
with transport funding from Humeca. They have received no financial support or sponsorship specific to
the collection of data for this project and the formation of this publication.

Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
This work, conducted within the National Health Service (NHS), is classified as quality improvement rather
than research and, therefore, does not require ethical committee review.

Consent for publication
Not applicable.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2025.

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