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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SHARC (Scarborough Coastal Health and Care Research Collaborative)
| Name | Role | Organisation |
| Dr Liz Newbronner (Chair) | Research Fellow | Department of Sociology, University of York |
| Professor Garry Tew | Academic lead for SHARC and Director Institute for Health and Care Improvement | York St John University |
| Spencer Robinson | Deputy Director Institute for Health and Care Improvement | York St John University and Cancer Alliance |
| Dr Phil Dickinson | ICU Consultant Associate Medical Director (QI) and Clinical Lead SHARC | York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Trevor Mahon | Programme Manager | SeeChange, Scarborough |
| Lisa Ballantine | Research Grant Writer and SHARC Project Manager | York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Lydia Harris | Head of Research & Innovation | York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Jenny Loggie | Strategic Lead Health Inequalities | Humber and North Yorkshire ICB |
| Dr Suzy Ker | Consultant Psychiatrist | Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire Early Intervention in Psychosis Team |
| Katie Needham | Consultant in Public Health and North Yorkshire Health Determinant Research Centre (HDRC) | North Yorkshire Council |
| Professor Mark Gussy | Director of Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health (LIRCH) | University of Lincoln |
| Professor Joy Adamson | Mixed methodologist | University of York and York Trials Unit |
| Professor Mike Holmes |
Partner Chair |
Haxby Group, York and Scarborough and Nimbuscare York |
| Dr Eranga Hayes |
GP Partner & Trainer |
Haxby Group Practice, York |
| Cathryn Hart |
Assistant Director Research & Development |
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust |
| Dr Swaminathan Thiagarajan (Thiagu) |
GP Principal/Research Cluster lead SHaR/ Y&H RDN General Practice speciality Research Lead NIHR |
Pickering Medical practice |
| James Illingworth |
Research and Development Manager |
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Geraldine Mahon | SHARC Lay Panel Member | |
| Lizzi Cyrus | SHARC Lay Panel Member | |
| Charlie Beal | SHARC Lay Panel Member | |
1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024
York & Scarborough
50 research studies open to recruitment
3246 patients recruited into clinical trials
