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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About Us
Our Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal (MSK) research forms part of the Portfolio of research that takes place within the Trust alongside our closely related Rheumatology Research. The key area our research focuses on is problems with the musculoskeletal structure and function resulting in surgical intervention.
Our research looks at improving surgical interventions and treatments for injuries and long term conditions such as arthritis and osteoporosis. As well as Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy based support and recovery following such injuries and treatments. We have also looked at preventative measures such as home-based falls prevention in high risk groups.
We host research at our York, Bridlington and Scarborough Hospital sites as well as within local community and rehabilitation centres across North Yorkshire.
If you are interested in finding out more about research in this area, please contact: yhs-tr.research.governance@nhs.net
1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024
York & Scarborough
50 research studies open to recruitment
3246 patients recruited into clinical trials
