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
Rheumatology is an area of research that focuses on the treatment of chronic conditions that can affect our muscles, joints and bones. Our Trust hosts specialist Rheumatology research at our York and Scarborough sites.
Our primary area of research focuses on conditions that would fall under the category of inflammatory arthritis such as Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis as well as inflammatory back conditions such as Ankylosing Spondylitis. We also run studies that look at Osteoarthritis, the most common form of the rheumatology conditions.
Our research looks at the treatment, detection and prevention of such conditions and can also link in closely with research in the areas of Orthopaedics and MSK research.
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
