To carry out the data collection in the UK and Ireland, ethics applications are required.

The process for doing this is underway for Scotland as the first UK region, so that we can then easily replicate this process across the UK. Dr Sinead Rhodes Deputy Director of SMC Research Centre, University of Edinburgh is helping support the project, working with the EASI Lead for Scotland, Amanda Adamson and Kath Smith, Region Lead for UK and Ireland to ensure that the relevant ethics is in place for the project.

Dr Helen Lynch is the EASI Lead for Ireland and an ethics application process is also underway for the data collection in Ireland.