Data protection and patient confidentiality
The General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018 will be adhered to. Data will be de-identified before being entered in a secure database. A unique study identifier number will be issued to each participant on enrolment into the study. That number will be used in all subsequent data collection forms. Patient paper data will be stored in a locked filing cabinet in a room that is only accessible to the research team and that is based at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit facilities at King’s College Hospital. Patient de-identified electronic data will be stored on encrypted university computers or memory stick devices, both of which require a user identification and password verification.