Why do we do Research here?
- Research is crucial to help us discover new knowledge and change lives
- It is through research that we can develop better treatments, as well as improve diagnosis, prevention, care and quality of life for everyone
- All medical devices and medication currently used today have had to go through clinical trials to deem them safe and fit to use
- It helps the practice to access funding and resources that can benefit our patients directly
Who we work with
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
- The NIHR was established in 2006 and work in partnership with the NHS, universities and local government
- Part of their role is to shape NHS research and influence healthcare policy
Is Research safe?
- Every research study has to apply for ethical approval before it is deemed safe to proceed
- Research is voluntary and should always involve gaining informed consent
- Patient confidentiality is maintained at all times
Current Studies
| Asymptomatic | Assessing therapy for out-patient treatment of asthma in children | ASYMPTOMATIC Trial (asymptomatic-trial.org.uk) |
| BRIT2 | Knowledge support for optimising antibiotic prescribing for common infections in general practice | Study Protocol |
| BCAN-RAY | A study looking at improving the risk assessment of breast cancer in young women | A study looking at improving the risk assessment of breast cancer in young women (BCAN-RAY) | Cancer Research UK |
| COACH | Comparing Cochlear Implants with Hearing Aids in adults with severe hearing loss | Home (coachtrial.ac.uk) |
| Dare 2 Think | Preventing stroke, premature death and cognitive decline in atrial fibrillation patients | DaRe2THINK – Health Research Authority (hra.nhs.uk) |
| Define | Determining the effectiveness of FeNo guided management in asthma patients | DEFINE — Oxford University – Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit |
| Discover Me | Understanding clinical disease progression | Discover Me (discovermestudy.com) |
| OPACE | Optimising Azithromycin prevention treatment in COPD to reduce Exacerbations. The OPACE trial aims to find out how best to use azithromycin in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The trial will compare the continuous use of Azithromycin by COPD patients with either seasonal or more permanent cessation use of the antibiotic | OPACE Trial – Optimising Azithromycin prevention treatment in COPD to reduce Exacerbations |
| RESTED | Randomised Evaluation of Sleep Treatment to Ease Depression | Randomised Evaluation of Sleep Treatment to Ease Depression (RESTED) — Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford |
| The Hidden Workload Study | A General Practice Study to explore the large amount of work that clinicians do daily, other than the planned patient consultations. This is classed as the hidden workload | The Hidden Workload Study (2024 – ongoing) — Primary care Academic CollaboraTive (PACT) |
Coming soon
| MORE-KARE Study | A multi-centre investigation of increasing alcohol abstinence with ketamine-assisted psychological therapy in severe alcohol use disorder. This trial aims to determine whether ketamine with psychological therapy might be a useful method of reducing alcohol intake and increasing alcohol abstinence | Home > MORE-KARE |
Our partnership with the uMed research platform
Readesmoor Medical Centre is currently working with a research technology partner
known as uMed. Their accredited platform enables us to provide you with research
opportunities that are highly relevant to your health circumstances.
Without the use of uMed’s technology we may not have the time to find and engage patients
that meet the requirements of the studies. This would therefore mean many patients would
miss out on their chance to participate in ground-breaking research.
For further information on uMed please visit their website at www.umed.io or email
[email protected]
Practice Privacy Notice Statement
Supporting Research Activity
Readesmoor Medical Centre uses Umedeor Ltd (uMed) as a data processor to support
research and care support activity. This includes accessing and secure hosting of health
record data for the purpose of identifying patients that are eligible for specific research or
care support projects. uMed also contacts those patients on behalf of the practice via SMS,
letter, email or telephone to provide more information about the study, and to collect
additional information to assess your eligibility for a certain study.
Your consent will be required before any practice data is shared externally with researchers.
uMed applies the national opt-out to practice data it receives so if you wish your data is not
processed for research you can do so by visiting https://www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters/
For further information on uMed please visit their website at www.umed.io or email
[email protected]
(The practice of research) also highlights the humanity of patients and their contributions to medical care
(British Medical Journal by Michael Kanter, MD, KPSOM Chair of Clinical Sciene)
Research could not happen without the people who agree to take part. If you would like to find out more about any of our research studies or take part please submit an Admin request (at the top of this page) that can be reviewed by a member of the Readesmoor Research team.