Professor Una Macleod's Projects (23)

Exploring GP referral behavior for serious non-specific symptoms where cancer is suspected Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024
This is project will be funded through money from the York and Scarborough Trust. To look at the referral behaviour of GPs when faced with a patient with vague symptoms that could be cancer.

The funding would come from York and Scarborough Te... Read More about Exploring GP referral behavior for serious non-specific symptoms where cancer is suspected.

Publication Costs Award: PC/38 Nov 28, 2018 - Feb 25, 2023
Bereaved people need a supportive response from those around them. Knowing children's and surviving parents' needs following parental death is the first step to ensuring a supportive response. However, no systematic review has reported on this phenom... Read More about Publication Costs Award: PC/38.

Measuring the travel burden from attending radiotherapy treatment. Testing a bespoke mobile phone application with cancer patients Oct 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2023
People with cancer have to travel to specialist hospitals to access treatments such as radiotherapy. Living further away has been associated with being less likely to receive radiotherapy. For those who do travel, difficult journeys to and from hospi... Read More about Measuring the travel burden from attending radiotherapy treatment. Testing a bespoke mobile phone application with cancer patients.

Catch up HPV screening project Apr 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2027
In 2019, HPV testing replaced cytology (a smear) as the first (primary) cervical screening test. This project will offer a catch-up HPV test to women now aged 65-79 who exited the screening programme before ever having a primary HPV test. This will i... Read More about Catch up HPV screening project.

TRANSFORM: The development of a mobile phone app to capture the journey time and patient experience throughout a day in the life of cancer patient attending hospital. Oct 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2022
People with cancer have to travel to specialist cancer hospitals to access treatments such as radiotherapy. A number of studies have identified an association between patients living further away from a cancer centre and being less likely to be treat... Read More about TRANSFORM: The development of a mobile phone app to capture the journey time and patient experience throughout a day in the life of cancer patient attending hospital..

TRANSFORM: AT RISK BOWEL SCREENING Oct 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2022

Evaluating the effectiveness and acceptability of free door to door transport to increase the uptake of breast screening appointments in Yorkshire: A cluster randomised GP pilot trial Jun 1, 2023 - Jan 31, 2026
Breast screening is one of the key tools in identifying breast cancer at an early stage. It is currently offered to women between the ages of 50 and 70 on a three yearly cycle. Whilst nationally breast screening uptake is 70% this leaves 30% of wom... Read More about Evaluating the effectiveness and acceptability of free door to door transport to increase the uptake of breast screening appointments in Yorkshire: A cluster randomised GP pilot trial.

TRANSFORM: Incorporating the patient voice into quality improvement for cancer diagnosis in primary care: a feasibility study Mar 1, 2022 - Feb 28, 2025

Public Involvement Funds Apr 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2022
Cancer screening is effective at preventing the onset of cancer and reducing cancer deaths. However, there are widespread inequalities in the uptake of cancer screening. Cervical screening uptake is lower among ethnic minority patients, patients who... Read More about Public Involvement Funds.

TRANSFORM: YCR Cancercare: Experiences of diagnostic pathways and cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic Apr 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2024
The global coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has led to the disruption of cancer care services, as healthcare resources (personnel, facilities) were reprioritised to respond to the pandemic. The implications of this for cancer outcomes and patients’ ps... Read More about TRANSFORM: YCR Cancercare: Experiences of diagnostic pathways and cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

PROMS: CPR Cancer outcomes: The use of comprehensive patient records (CPR) to define the impact of cancer, co-morbidities and late effects on individuals and the health service Sep 30, 2015 - Jun 30, 2019
The ageing population and increasing success of cancer services has resulted in more people living for long periods with and beyond a diagnosis of cancer. Whilst we know that many people living beyond a cancer diagnosis report unmet needs, there is i... Read More about PROMS: CPR Cancer outcomes: The use of comprehensive patient records (CPR) to define the impact of cancer, co-morbidities and late effects on individuals and the health service.

TRANSFORM: Coproducing community-based cancer screening interventions to improve uptake rates in Yorkshire Sep 9, 2019 - Sep 1, 2025

TRANSFORM: Exploring the impact of a cancer patient’s journey to healthcare on their journey through the healthcare system May 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2026

TRANSFORM: Effects of physical activity during the cancer journey Jun 1, 2018 - May 31, 2024
Regular physical activity has been shown to help improve the body and mind during and after cancer treatment. Regular activity has also been linked to lower risk of cancer recurring and to longer survival. Despite this, most people with a cancer diag... Read More about TRANSFORM: Effects of physical activity during the cancer journey.

Living with Long Term Illness project: Group work in Primary Care Dec 1, 2013 - Jul 31, 2019
This application has arisen as a result of the applicant (Jackson) identifying a problem in clinical practice, developing a solution (Long Term Illness Groups) and engaging in some preliminary evaluation. As a result of this, there is now interest in... Read More about Living with Long Term Illness project: Group work in Primary Care.

INTERACT: Integrated therapist and online CBT for depression in primary care Apr 1, 2016 - Nov 30, 2024
The overall aim of this programme is to improve outcomes for patients with depression in UK primary care. This will be achieved through a series of four linked work-streams that will firstly, develop an innovative approach to delivering cognitive beh... Read More about INTERACT: Integrated therapist and online CBT for depression in primary care.

REDUCE: REviewing long term anti-Depressant Use by Careful monitoring in Everyday practice programme Oct 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2023
There is considerable concern about increasing antidepressant use in England, as in other countries. Prescriptions have increased year on year since the early 1990s, and GPs in England are giving out more than 50 million prescriptions every year, to... Read More about REDUCE: REviewing long term anti-Depressant Use by Careful monitoring in Everyday practice programme.

CANAssess: Reducing inequalities in care for people with cancer and palliative care needs: a programme of work for cancer patients and caregivers in the community based in Yorkshire Sep 1, 2016 - Jan 30, 2019
People with cancer need good access to palliative care to relieve distressing symptoms, but some get better access than others. Developed in Australia, the Needs Assessment Tool - Progressive Disease Cancer (NAT:PD-C) is a tested, "everyday practice"... Read More about CANAssess: Reducing inequalities in care for people with cancer and palliative care needs: a programme of work for cancer patients and caregivers in the community based in Yorkshire.

CS-Y Studies: Understanding and reducing inequalities for people with cancer: A programme of work based in Yorkshire Aug 1, 2013 - Sep 30, 2017

Empress: NAEDI Cancer diagnosis via emergency presentation: a case control study (colorectal and lung cancer) Oct 1, 2015 - Sep 30, 2020
Cancer remains one of the UK’s biggest health issues, both in terms of morbidity and mortality. In recent years there has been increasing interest in the pathway to diagnosis, as international data have shown that one year survival figures for many c... Read More about Empress: NAEDI Cancer diagnosis via emergency presentation: a case control study (colorectal and lung cancer).

MIR: A double blind placebo-controlled randomised trial of the addition of the antidepressant mirtazapine Apr 1, 2013 - Apr 30, 2017
To investigate the effectiveness of combining mirtazapine with serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants for treatment resistant depression in primary care.

C-Screening: Cervical cancer screening in older women aged 55 – 64 years old Mar 1, 2016 - Feb 28, 2019
The purpose of this study is to explore cervical screening amongst older women (55-64 years) living in Yorkshire. We will investigate the views and experiences of women regarding cervical screening and explore the attitudes of healthcare professional... Read More about C-Screening: Cervical cancer screening in older women aged 55 – 64 years old.

PEOPLE: Primary care and community Engagement to Optimise time to Presentation with Lung cancEr symptoms in HULL Jun 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2023
More people are diagnosed with and die from lung cancer in Hull than any other place in Yorkshire. Our aim is to improve earlier diagnosis of lung cancer by [1] getting people to see their doctor if they get lung symptoms and [2] getting GPs to refe... Read More about PEOPLE: Primary care and community Engagement to Optimise time to Presentation with Lung cancEr symptoms in HULL.