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We thank Dr. Alex King, Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Imperial College London NHS trust for his contribution to the design of the survey tool. We also thank all psychological practitioners, nurses, and doctors who participated in the survey. Dr. Joseph Low’s post was supported by the Marie Curie core and program grant funding (grants MCCC-FCO-16-U and MCCC-FPO-16-U).
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RN was responsible for the conception and design of the study, literature review, data collection, data analysis and interpretation, drafting the manuscript, and revision of the manuscript. CA was responsible for the conception, design and supervision of the study, and critical revision of the manuscript. JL, RD, and AM were responsible for supervision of the study and critical revision of the manuscript. MR contributed to the design of the survey tool, data collection, data analysis, and critical revision of the manuscript. HL contributed to the design of the survey tool, data collection, and critical revision of the manuscript. J Lee contributed to data collection and critical revision of the manuscript. All authors reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript.
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Naidoo, R., Low, J., Rennoldson, M. et al. Variations in provision of psychological care to hematopoietic cell transplant recipients: results of a national survey of UK transplant centers. Bone Marrow Transplant 57, 1586–1588 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-022-01735-1
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