Spatio-temporal modelling of referrals to outpatient respiratory clinics in the integrated care system of the Morecambe Bay area, England.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAll methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. This research has received ethical approval through the ethical committees of Health Research Authority and Health and Care Research Wales (IRAS project ID: 289188). This research is a secondary data analysis of anonymised routinely collected NHS data so the ethical committees of Health Research Authority and Health and Care Research Wales waived the need for informed consent. Individuals are free to opt-out of their data being stored in the Morecambe Bay Community Data Warehouse. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding RM is funded by an Economic and Social Research Council, which is part of UK Research and Innovation, doctoral training partnership (grant number: ES/P000665/1). JK is supported by Health Data Research UK, which is funded by the UK Medical Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, Department of Health and Social Care (England), Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates, Health and Social Care Research and Development Division (Welsh Government), Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland), British Heart Foundation and the Wellcome Trust."