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.
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About Us
We are an experienced team of dedicated research specific pharmacy staff. The Pharmacy Clinical Trials team is based at York site but provides a service for the Scarborough and Bridlington sites, as well as other units such as the sexual health clinics which form part of the Trust.
The teams consist of a Clinical Trials Pharmacy Manager, Senior Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacy Assistant, the service is supported and overseen b the Deputy Chief Pharmacist. The team has many years' experience in delivering Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products (CTIMPs).
We provide a pharmacy clinical trials service for both commercial and non-commercial trials, covering a range of specialities such as:
The Pharmacy Clinical Trials Service has supported studies involving controlled drugs, GMOs, vaccines and medical devices. We carry out all aspects of supporting the safe and efficient running of a clinical trial including: dispensing, procuring IMP, disposal of waste products, maintaining the blind and secure monitored storage.
We are also involved with the training and development of pharmacy trainees and other healthcare professionals. So from time to time our team will host pharmacy students while they learn about the role pharmacy plays in delivering a clinical trials service.
Poppy Cottrell-Howe - Clinical Trials Pharmacy Manager
Cheryl Donne - Pharmacy Technician
Email: YorkPharmacy.ClinicalTrialsTeamMailbox@york.nhs.uk
Tel: York site - 01904 721684
We are an experienced team with dedicated research specific multidisciplinary laboratory staff consisting of 2 Associate Practitioners who work alongside the main medical laboratories to offer laboratory assistance to a range of research studies across York and Scarborough Hospitals.
We offer laboratory support to approximately 50 clinical trials; both commercial and non-commercial, covering a range of specialities such as:
The laboratory research team are involved with all aspects of setting up and running research studies including completing feasibility assessments and attending SIVs, establishing the logistical requirement of providing laboratory, maintaining laboratory files containing sample data, audits and archiving once studies are complete.
Carl Burkinshaw - Operations Manager (Biochemistry)
Healthcare Science Associate Practitioners (R&D):
Megan Worthington
Sarah Bell
Email: labresearch@york.nhs.uk
Tel: 01904 725887
Mobile: 07789174492
The York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's radiology department offers support to research requiring imaging.
Currently we offer radiology support to approximately 25 research studies; both commercial and non-commercial, covering a range of disciplines such as:
Click here for a list of services provided by the radiology department at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Additional MRIs which are required for research will normally be performed at Nuffield Health.
Contact the Research Quality Assurance Team to be directed to the appropriate modality lead for research.
Email: research.qa@york.nhs.uk
Tel: 01904 725459
1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021
York and Scarborough
100 research studies open to recruitment
4760 patients recruited into clinical trials
