About the Authors

Miriam J. Johnson

miriam.johnson@hyms.ac.uk

Affiliation Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Victoria Allgar

Affiliation Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Una Macleod

Affiliation Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Annie Jones

Affiliation Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Steven Oliver

Affiliation Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, United Kingdom

David Currow

Affiliation Discipline, Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJ DC. Performed the experiments: MJ DC. Analyzed the data: VA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJ DC AJ. Wrote the paper: MJ DC VA UM AJ SO. Liaised with the HSE team: MJ.