Projects (11)

TRANSFORM: Clinical research fellows Sep 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2026
This award from Yorkshire Cancer Research was a capacity building grant to support six clinical doctoral fellowships. These were awarded to:

Arwa Abdel-Aal: Social Inequalities in Uptake of Five Different Ways of Delivering Lung Cancer Screening... Read More about TRANSFORM: Clinical research fellows.

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

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.

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).

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.

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.

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 - Jul 31, 2025
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: Reducing Inequalities in Cancer Outcomes in Yorkshire: Realising our potential for innovation in Diagnosis, Patient Management, Survivorship and Palliative Care Research Sep 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2026
The death rate is higher in Yorkshire than the rest of England resulting in about 200 extra deaths each year of which more than half are in Hull. There are other significant cancer outcome inequalities between different groups; for example poorer pe... Read More about TRANSFORM: Reducing Inequalities in Cancer Outcomes in Yorkshire: Realising our potential for innovation in Diagnosis, Patient Management, Survivorship and Palliative Care Research.

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.

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.