Dr Maureen Twiddy's Projects (20)

Supporting Workplace Return after Breast Cancer Sep 15, 2025 - Sep 14, 2028
The aim of this project is to adapt the programme for people who return to work after breast cancer. We will use focus groups with women living with and beyond breast cancer, who have returned to the workplace to help us co-design adaptations to our... Read More about Supporting Workplace Return after Breast Cancer.

Green Social Prescribing for Ethically Diverse Communities in Humber and North Yorkshire Apr 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
Evaluation of the Humber Green Prescribing initiative. Qualitative work.

HEIF: QR Policy Development Fund project Jun 1, 2023 - Jul 31, 2023

THrough knee AMputation impact on Quality of Life compared to abovE knee amputaTion (HAMLET) Jun 1, 2024 - Aug 31, 2030
HAMLET Trial – Through knee or not through knee

North Yorkshire Health Determinants Research Collaboration Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2028
The NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration North Yorkshire is a research infrastructure project to build research capacity within North Yorkshire Council. It will embed a strong research culture to generate robust evidence that will inform s... Read More about North Yorkshire Health Determinants Research Collaboration.

Co-developing an Implementation Toolkit for Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit Sep 1, 2024 - Aug 31, 2027
Summary of the problem (Background)

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a specialised ward where patients with life-threatening illness receive care. Time in the ICU can be distressing for patients and their loved ones. It can involve difficult to ma... Read More about Co-developing an Implementation Toolkit for Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit.

NIHR Pre-doctoral Fellowship - Laura Hermann Sep 1, 2021 - Aug 31, 2023
Pre-doctoral fellowship application for Laura Hermann

A phase II, randomised feasibility trial of a tailored, home-based exercise programme on disease-free survival among early stage high-risk recurring cancers in Yorkshire Sep 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2026
To determine the effect exercise has on preventing secondary cancers and improving 5-year survival rates among people diagnosed with breast, bowel, lung, or prostate cancers in Yorkshire.

Adapting a smartphone-based rehabilitation programme for older adults living with and beyond cancer: an intervention development study Apr 1, 2022 - Apr 30, 2024
The number of people living with and beyond cancer is growing; many are over 65 years old who often have different and more complicated healthcare needs than younger people.

Being active is one of the best things people with, or who have had, canc... Read More about Adapting a smartphone-based rehabilitation programme for older adults living with and beyond cancer: an intervention development study.

Alcohol Dependence Care Pathways Sep 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2021
CRN Y&H Strategic Priorities funding call

Deadlines are very short.

Examining Impact of Local Area Coordination as a Preventative Intervention in Adult Social Care Jul 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024
Bid to NIHR RfPB call on Social Care. Examines the impact of LAC interventions compared across 5 cities. Uses both Economic costs/outcomes anlaysis and lived experience participant journeys.

The Ulsys “smart sock” – transforming venous leg ulcer care with a patient centred electronically assisted self-care compression system. Aug 16, 2019 - Feb 15, 2020

Endoscopic vein harvesting - Research Support Funding Aug 1, 2022 - Jul 31, 2023
The long saphenous vein remains the most frequently used conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting. Traditionally, the harvesting of this conduit has been by open incision extending upwards from the ankle in the inner side of the leg up to the groi... Read More about Endoscopic vein harvesting - Research Support Funding.

PPI for PBP research - Exploring the role, responsibilities and impact of pharmacists working in primary care (GP surgeries) Apr 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2019
Both local and national initiatives seek to recruit more pharmacists to work in GP practices. Following a successful pilot, NHS England have committed to recruit up to 2000 pharmacists by 2020 to work clinically in general practice settings; this is... Read More about PPI for PBP research - Exploring the role, responsibilities and impact of pharmacists working in primary care (GP surgeries).

EPaCCS: Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination Systems (EPaCCS) in end of life care: evaluating their implementation and optimising future service provision. Sep 1, 2020 - Nov 30, 2023
It is not clear how Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination Systems (EPaCCS) are being implemented across England, what problems healthcare professionals face in using EPaCCS, what views patients and caregivers have on EPaCCS, and how EPaCCS affect... Read More about EPaCCS: Electronic Palliative Care Co-ordination Systems (EPaCCS) in end of life care: evaluating their implementation and optimising future service provision..

LACES 2: A multicentre, randomised controlled trial of Laparoscopic versus Open Colorectal Surgery in the Acute Setting Apr 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2025
Approximately 30,000 patients undergo an emergency laparotomy within the NHS yearly. An emergency laparotomy is an open operation which is undertaken for a variety of diseases, a third of those are for diseases affecting the large bowel, including co... Read More about LACES 2: A multicentre, randomised controlled trial of Laparoscopic versus Open Colorectal Surgery in the Acute Setting.

BRAVO: High grade bladder cancer: a randomised controlled trial of radical cystectomy against intra-vesical immunotherapy – a feasibility study Oct 1, 2017 - Sep 30, 2018
Bladder cancer is a common disease with worse outcomes in Yorkshire than in the rest of the UK. We want to conduct a randomized trial to evaluate the best treatment for aggressive bladder cancer when found at an early stage. This could be complete b... Read More about BRAVO: High grade bladder cancer: a randomised controlled trial of radical cystectomy against intra-vesical immunotherapy – a feasibility study.

An educational resource about palliative care needs of men with prostate cancer: supporting the patient living with prostate cancer Dec 1, 2017 - Feb 28, 2019

LAVA: Thermal ablation versus surgery for patients with colorectal liver metastases Oct 1, 2017 - May 31, 2023

NIFTy: Near Infrared Fluorescence imaging to prevent post-surgical hypoparathyroidism after thyriod surgery - a phase II/III pragmatic, multi-centre rct Oct 1, 2019 - Jul 31, 2024
Parathyroid glands are tiny glands in the neck behind the thyroid gland that control the level of calcium in the blood. More than 12,000 patients undergo thyroid surgery every year in England alone (HES dataset). A common complication of thyroid surg... Read More about NIFTy: Near Infrared Fluorescence imaging to prevent post-surgical hypoparathyroidism after thyriod surgery - a phase II/III pragmatic, multi-centre rct.