CHFT Research

Hannah, Chantelle, and Zuleikha had a fabulous time at the CHuFT Awards 2025 yesterday, celebrating the amazing work of @CHFTNHS colleagues! Huge congratulations to all the nominees and finalists! 🩷 @Hannahchft @ChantelleCough3 @Zuleikha1814

Thank you to the CRASH-4 team @CTU_LSHTM for the chocolates, pens, and badges, to celebrate over 2,500 participants recruited into the study. 🚑 The goodies went down a treat! ❤️

Another greenlight received for a new commercial small cell lung cancer study, our 5th commercial study to open within the last month! 👏🏽 We would like to say a huge thank you to Dr Rathbone (PI) for providing so many opportunities for our patients to take part in research! 💜

We’re very excited to be working with the Glaucoma Team @ChftEye on the UK MPTLT study, which aims to assess the efficacy of MicroPulse Transscleral Laser Therapy in the UK. 📸 This is @Zuleikha1814, Nada, @MrsC73400811, and Francesco’s first study working together! Go team! 👏🏽

A huge well done to @CHFTNHS for recruiting another OCEaN participant!!! 🎉👍 Some great work from the team, thank you all! 🌟😁

Another greenlight received! 🤩 We are now recruiting into a new commercial Graves’ Disease study, which aims to assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of a drug treatment. ⭐️ Dr Moisey will lead as PI, with the support of Lee-Ann and team.

Our NHS is 77 years old today! Thank you to all staff, past and present, who make the NHS so special. Here are some key milestones since the NHS was founded in 1948. Read more 👇 🧵

True teamwork at play here, with vital collaboration with our excellent trial pharmacy team @CHFTResearch to ensure safety of our patients 🙂

We are excited to have received the greenlight for a new commercial lung cancer study, which aims to assess efficacy and safety of a drug combined with standard care. 🫁 Here’s Billie, @katsmith1804, @Zuleikha1814, and Sarah, ready to make a start! ✨

The @CaPE_trial has now closed to recruitment at CHFT. CHFT was the highest recruiter regionally, and we were 8th highest out of 51 hospitals in the UK! Thank you so much to everyone involved, in particular our participants and Dr Fi Shamsudin (PI). Fabulous work team! 👏🏼🩷

Enrolment ready! ✨ The FEEL-GOOD study will recruit women with stress-predominant urinary incontinence. PI, Miss Yi Ling Chan (Urogynaecology Lead) and Co-I, Sarah Hill (Women’s Health Physiotherapist) have embedded this important study into their clinical practice.

💜 Meet the Team! Introducing our newest member of the team, Annalisa…

Aww. A huge thank you to all our patients. Without your contributions we wouldn't be able to improve outcomes in treatments and the care you receive 😀

Congratulations to Esme and Ben on the birth of their beautiful baby girl, Winifred, who was born on 18th May! Esme was participating in both the @CaPE_trial and @PROTECT_Study. Thank you so much for your contribution to research! 🌟

Great BESS 2025🎉lucky to share my presentation on ‘shared decision making in displaced collarbone injuries’ 💪🏻thanks again to the @PhysioMACP for funding my place and to my awesome supervisory team @ChrisLittlew00d @mmoffatt408 and Felicity Astin @bessconference #bess2025

Senior CTA @ChantelleCough3 is completing the ‘CHFT Firewalk’ in October to raise funds for a rising recliner chair for Ward 18 🔥 This will decrease hire costs for the ward and improve patient care! Follow the link to read more, support, and share! ✨ cht.enthuse.com/pf/chft-firewa…

Simon Bolton, Mesothelioma Clinical Nurse Specialist, was selected to present his study ‘Improving Research Access for Mesothelioma Patients’ to the Lung Cancer Nurse UK Annual Conference this week, and was the ‘Annual Award Winner’ for his poster. Excellent work Simon! 👏🏽🌟

We are excited to start recruitment into a new commercial study, aiming to evaluate the efficacy and safety of an intravesical treatment in participants with bladder cancer. 📸 Mr Qayyum will be leading as PI on this important trial! 👏🏽