Congratulations to Jennie Grainger and the rest of the team at Countess NHS Trust for recruiting their 1st patient!!! 🎉🍫🎁 COCH Research & Innovation klaire.exarchou Dale Vimalachandran

2 new hospitals opened to recruitment today - a huge welcome to the teams at Countess NHS Trust (@Toghill13 COCH Research & Innovation klaire.exarchou Dale Vimalachandran) and MFT NHS Wythenshawe Hospital (@MissLHancock MFT Research and Innovation)!

Well done #team Countess NHS Trust a great collaborative effort offering our patients an opportunity to participate in surgical The Sunflower Study 5th highest active site out of 55 nationally. COCH Research & Innovation Owain Jones Drs Lauren Holt, Pritesh Mistry Dale Vimalachandran Peter Bamford

This may well be the toughest category to judge👇.
With so much inspiring work taking place in the North West Coast we're looking forward to hearing from a wide range of nominees.
For info on this and all #NWCAwards see: nwcawards.co.uk
ARC North West Coast NIHR Clinical Research Network North West Coast

🚀🚀🚀 January recruitment figures are in and we have had our best month since we restarted in 2020!🥳
So many sites performed well and we want to thank you all! Top of the pile were:
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS FT 🥇
Countess NHS Trust 🥈
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust 🥉

Truly an excellent effort everyone! 🙌🌻

First patient recruited to PRO SPIRIT Helen Jeffrey COCH Research & Innovation NIHR Clinical Research Network North West Coast

Well done to the surgical team, who in collaboration with the surgical research hub, have randomised a record 11 patients into the The Sunflower Study this month. You can read more about the study here: …istoltrialscentre.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/details-of-stu…

Yesterday Dr Mock-Font randomised our 500th patient into #recoverytrial - thanks to all our patients who continue to consent to trial, helping find effective treatments for COVID-19

Our surgical team have been busy already this week - another patient has been randomised into CHAPS trial which is looking at the use of compression stockings in patients with DVT and whether they help avoid complications

The SIGNET trial from NHS Blood+Transplant recently opened at the Countess, with consultant anaesthetist/intensivist Kate Tizard 💗 as PI. This is the our first experience of organ donation research, it is an so honour to have been selected nhsbt.nhs.uk/clinical-trial…

ATNEC is the most recent breast cancer trial to open at COCH - looking forward to recruiting our first patient soon

There is nothing more exciting than going through the latest #SIRENstudy analysis… thank you to all the participants and research teams.

RECOVERY Update: 43,000 patients enrolled
(by yesterday)

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This pioneering study is being rolled out across Cheshire & Merseyside.
Now in #Runcorn , next in #Warrington and then #Sthelens before the rest of the region.
CMCA is delighted to be involved.
NHS North West ClatterbridgeCC NHS

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Good news for patients - First monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 approved for use in the UK gov.uk/government/new…

Our 49th patient has consented to take part in the ATTEST-2 Trial - a trial for ischaemic stroke patients,comparing the thrombolytic agents alteplase & tenecteplase. Thanks to stroke co-ordinator Michaela, PI Dr Chaterjee, research nurse Kathryn, and as always our patient

An incredible achievement for the colorectal team and research nurse Nicola - identifying and consenting 200 patients into ROSSINI2 and then collecting and entering all the study data

NIHR Clinical Research Network North West Coast welcomes publication of this report from Professor Chris Whitty How research can help tackle coastal health inequality is a key question we need to answer NIHR PRC: Blackpool NHS Blackpool Teaching Hospitals 💙🌈 @FyldeCoastCCGs LaytonMedicalCentre Rebecca Clark chris smith Jennifer Logue Enitan Carrol 🇬🇲🇸🇱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧