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Depilation Feasibility PPI: The Impact of Depilation upon Wound Healing and Post-Surgical Complications: A Feasibility Study (The DEPILATION-Feasibility STUDY) - Patient and Public Involvement Jul 1, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022
Wound complications such as infection or dehiscence (where all or part of the wound bursts open) are the most common complication following surgery. The cost of infection alone to the NHS may be upwards of £700 million every year.

Infections are m... Read More about Depilation Feasibility PPI: The Impact of Depilation upon Wound Healing and Post-Surgical Complications: A Feasibility Study (The DEPILATION-Feasibility STUDY) - Patient and Public Involvement.

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.

STARLIT: Clinical validation of a non-invasive diagnostic test for adrenal insufficiency using comparative pharmacodynamic equivalence Sep 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2025
The STARLIT (Salivary Test for Adrenal Response to Liquid Intranasal Tetracosactide) programme is funded by the MRC DPFS, total award £986,123.

The aim is to develop and clinically validate the Nasacthin test for the diagnosis of adrenal insuffic... Read More about STARLIT: Clinical validation of a non-invasive diagnostic test for adrenal insufficiency using comparative pharmacodynamic equivalence.

Supporting, enabling and sustaining home care workers to deliver end-of-life care: amultiple-methods community-based case study Oct 1, 2022 - Jul 14, 2025
This 30 month study will;
1) To understand the experience of social care assistants providing end of life care, the care they give, how they work with healthcare staff and family members or friends, and what all involved (including the person receiv... Read More about Supporting, enabling and sustaining home care workers to deliver end-of-life care: amultiple-methods community-based case study.

REMEDI4ALL BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE EUROPEAN INNOVATION PLATFORM TO ENHANCE THE REPURPOSING OF MEDICINES FOR ALL Sep 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2027
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) causes skeletal fragility, bone pain, sarcopenia and reduced connective tissue resilience, shown as hypermobility and aortic root dilatation (in adults). There is no effective treatment for OI. Current agents only target... Read More about REMEDI4ALL BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE EUROPEAN INNOVATION PLATFORM TO ENHANCE THE REPURPOSING OF MEDICINES FOR ALL.