Our Research
Using research to improve patient care
North Bristol NHS Trust is dedicated to making research both
relevant and accessible to the general public, to patients and
their carers.
Clinical research helps us understand how to diagnose, treat,
cure or prevent disease. It focuses on people, and many clinical
research studies, such as clinical trials, directly involving
patients to test medicines or medical treatments.
We want patients and the public to be involved in all stages of
research.
Involving patients and members of the public leads to research
that meets your needs, is more reliable and more likely to be put
into practice.
There are a number of ways in which you can get involved by:
- Taking part in research
- Joining our Patient and Public Involvement in Research
Panel
- Helping fund research
- Donating your brain for dementia research
- Learning more about our research
You can also visit INVOLVE's website to find out more
about patient and public involvement in research.
Taking part in research as a research participant
If you have a particular illness or ailment,
and you would like to find out about research in that area, you
should discuss this with your treating clinician or GP who will be
able to advise on current research taking place.
Join our Patient and Public Involvement
in Research panel
Help researchers at NBT design better research projects by
giving them a lay person's input at different stages, from
providing opinions on their protocols to helping them to design
patient information leaflets that are clear and helpful. We
have a Patient Experience Partnership – in Research) specific panel
for our orthopaedic research and a general panel for all other
research. Find out more about taking part in research or email sharon.nolan@nbt.nhs.uk or
call 0117 32 36467
Help fund research
From fundraising and donations, we are able to
provide small grants to encourage new researchers and new research
areas to develop. Here are a couple of examples of the work
your donations have already funded:
- Brainwashing for premature babies to reduce
severe disability in premature babies with serious brain
haemorrhage
- Supporting people living with
osteoarthritis
- Scoping study of the hydration care of older
people whilst in hospital or a care home by interviewing patients
and staff
- You can make a secure donation to help fund our research by
visiting Just Giving.
Donate your brain for dementia
research
The South West Dementia Brain Bank (based at Frenchay Hospital)
was established to enable brain tissue to be used after death for
research into dementia (e.g. Alzheimers disease). Normal (control)
brains from people without neurological conditions are also
valuable to help find the possible causes of neurological
disease.
Find out more information about the
importance and purposes of the Brain
Bank
For informal queries about donating your brain
or to request further information on what is involved, please
contact Laura Palmer (South West Dementia Brain Bank Co-ordinator):
laura.e.palmer@bristol.ac.uk or
call 0117 340 3070
Learning more about our
research
North Bristol NHS Trust undertakes a
significant amount of research. Over 500 researchers lead or
collaborate in over 400 individual research studies each
year.
Most of our clinical departments are involved
in research in some way. Here are some examples of what some
of our research teams are doing:
- Urinary medicine - prostate cancer, incontinence
- Neurological conditions - Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple
Sclerosis, pediatric neurology, speech & language disorders and
dementias
- Bones, joints and connective tissues (Orthopedics and
Rheumatology) - particularly total joint replacement
- Microbiology - particularly antibiotic resistance
- Cancer
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
- Diabetes
- Respiratory medicine
- Renal medicine
To find out more about our aims, download our Research &
Innovation Strategy “Enterprise and Excellence to improve patient
care”.pdf which is monitored by the
Research Committee.pdf.
To find out more about clinical trials:
Clinical Trials:
What they are and what they’re not.pdf
This leaflet
answers some of the many questions people have about clinical
trials including: Why do we need to do them? Are they safe? What
happens at the end of a trial? It was developed in collaboration
with the Association of Medical Research Charities.
Understanding Clinical Trials.pdf
This booklet explains
what clinical trials are and how and why they are carried out. It
is designed to answer the many questions people may have when
deciding whether to take part in a trial.
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