Governance and ethics
The study received Health Research Authority (HRA) and Research Ethics
Committee (REC) approval on 23rd October 2020 (IRAS285693). The
application was fast-tracked for approval and assessed as under the
scope of the COPI Notice. It was adopted onto the NIHR Portfolio. The
study was assessed as not in scope of the urgent public health stream.
Individual Trusts made their own priority assessment in accordance with
the RESTART Framework or RECOVERY Framework. All interview participants
provided informed consent, audio recorded using MS Teams and on an
electronic consent form. We have endeavoured to protect participants’
anonymity and participating sites by removing identifying information
from the data.