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Attribution. Louise Allan; Jinpil Um; Abby O’Connell; Shruti Raghuraman; Alison Bingham; Abigail Laverick et al. (2026). Development and testing of an intervention to improve recovery after an episode of delirium: the RecoverED research programme. National Institute for Health and Care Research. Copyright © 2026 Allan et al. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. NCBI Bookshelf NBK623447. CC BY 4.0. Original source ↗. Text reproduced from the Bookshelf XML without changing wording; figures, images and supplements are not reproduced.