York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive range of acute hospital and specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale - an area covering 3,400 square miles.
The Research & Development Office strive to increase the opportunities for patients and their families to be informed about, and involved in, our research and research processes.
The information on these pages will be relevant to York Hospital staff NHS Foundation Trust staff who are planning their own research study.
This section contains the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Guidance documents issued by the R&D Unit.
About Us
Sexual Health research focuses on improving the treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted infections as such as HIV, Chlamydia or Hepatitis.
Research within the Trust is conducted at the excellent YorSexualHealth Service who provide treatment and preventative care at clinics across North Yorkshire with specialist centres based in York and Scarborough as well as smaller sites throughout the region.
The team work in close collaboration with the University of York's Centre for Immunology and Infection and continually look to investigate the most innovative areas of research.
Key areas of interest: HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STI prevention, quality of life improvement
The Research Delivery Facilitator for Sexual Health is Richard Furnival; if you are interested in conducting research in this area please contact richard.furnival@york.nhs.uk
YorSexualHealth Centre
31 Monkgate, York YO31 7WA
1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017
York and Scarborough
147 research studies open to recruitment
4588 patients recruited into clinical trials
