Authors’ contributions & Declarations of Interest
All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf and declare: no support from any organisation for the submitted work; no financial relationships with any organisations that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous three years; no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work beyond that described under the roles held by each individual below.
Abigail Aiken – Initial concept, developing study protocol, data analysis, writing first draft and subsequent revisions, verification of data. Overall responsibility for data analysis & principal investigator. Guarantor.
Member of the Council of the British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP).
Nabanita Ghosh – Developing study protocol, revision of draft paper. Overall responsibility for conduct of study including data collection at NUPAS.
Nothing to disclose
Patricia A. Lohr – Initial concept, developing study protocol, writing first draft and subsequent revisions. Overall responsibility for conduct of study including data collection at BPAS.
Co-author / committee member of national guidelines cited in this paper from RCOG & NICE; member RCOG abortion taskforce; council member of British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP); Medical Director of BPAS.
Jonathan Lord – Initial concept, developing study protocol, writing first draft and subsequent revisions, co-ordination and liaison. Overall responsibility for conduct of study including data collection at MSUK.
Co-author / committee member of national guidelines cited in this paper from RCOG & NICE; co-chair of RCOG abortion taskforce and British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP); primary employment includes work as an abortion care provider as a consultant gynaecologist and medical director.
Jennifer Starling – Data analysis including statistical advice, writing first draft and subsequent revisions, verification of data.
Nothing to disclose