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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SHARC
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Name |
Role |
Organisation |
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Professor Joy Adamson |
Member of York Trials Unit (Mixed Methodologist) |
University of York |
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Lisa Ballantine |
Research Grant Writer (SHARC) |
York & Scarborough Hospital |
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Professor David Broom |
Academic Lead for SHARC & Professor of Health and Physical Activity |
Institute for Health and Care Improvement |
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Dr Phil Dickinson |
ICU Consultant Associate Medical Director (QI) and Clinical Lead (SHARC) |
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
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Professor Mark Gussy |
Director of Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health (LIRCH) |
University of Lincoln |
|
Lydia Harris |
Head of R&I York & Scarborough Hospital and Strategic Lead (SHARC) |
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
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Cathryn Hart |
Assistant Director Research & Development |
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust |
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Dr Eranga Hayes |
GP Partner and Trainer |
Haxby Group Practice, York |
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Margaret Ikpoh |
GP Partner, RCGP Vice Chair, National Settings Lead Care, Hon Professor |
Holderness Health, Professional Development & Training Standards, NIHR, Hull York Medical School |
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James Illingworth |
Research and Development Manager |
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
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Laura Johnson |
Clinical Nurse Specialist/Non-Medical Prescriber |
Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust |
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Annabel Jordan |
Public Health, Children and Young People Lead |
East Riding of Yorkshire Council |
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Dr Suzy Ker |
Consultant Psychiatrist, Harrogate, Hambleton, and Richmondshire |
Early Intervention in Psychosis Team |
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Trevor Mahon |
Programme Manager |
SHARC |
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Katie Needham |
Assistant Director Research & Development & Director (HDRC) |
North Yorkshire Council & North Yorkshire Health Determinant Research Centre |
|
Dr Liz Newbronner (Chair) |
Research Fellow |
Department of Sociology, University of York |
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Alex Parker |
CEO |
Age UK North Yorkshire Coast and Moors |
|
Spencer Robinson |
Deputy Director |
The Institute for Health and Care Improvement York St John University |
|
Jo Sanders-Potts |
Chief Executive |
The Hinge Centre |
|
Kath Sartain |
Palliative Care Nurse Advisor |
St Catherines Hospice |
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Louise Shelley |
Advanced Speech and Language Therapist/Professional Lead for Adult Speech and Language Therapy |
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust |
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Paul Storey |
Public Health Commissioning Lead (Sexual Health and Welfare Advice) |
East Riding of Yorkshire Council |
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Sue Symonds |
Public Health Manager (Research, Good Work and Health and PH Workforce Development) |
North Yorkshire Health Determinant Research Centre & North Yorkshire Council |
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Dr Swaminathan Thiagarajan (Thiagu) |
GP Principal/Research Cluster Lead SHaR, General Practice Speciality Research Lead NIHR |
Pickering Medical Practice & Y&H RDN |
|
Jo Taylor |
Registered Mental Health Nurse |
Early intervention in Psychosis Team, Tees, Esk and Wear Vally NHS Foundation Trust |
1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026
York & Scarborough
91 research studies open to recruitment
5385 patients recruited into clinical trials
