Our Practice is an award winning research active practice
Did you know that clinical research takes place at this GP Practice? The Research Site Initiative is a scheme for all GP practices in the East Midlands to engage in clinical research. There are 4 levels, with the highest (Level 4) being the one requiring the greatest commitment from the practice. We have been Level 4 since March 2022.
We’re proud to give our patients the opportunity to take part in research here so that together we can develop new treatments and medicines for the future.
There are many different types of research available for people to take part in, and the overwhelming majority of people have a positive experience of research. Please click on this link for more details on the patient experience of research.
Last year, more people took part in research in primary care settings (such as GP Practices) in the East Midlands than any other part of England. Join them and help us to improve healthcare.
Our Practice Systems & Research Manager is currently the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB joint Research Champion.
We would like to extend a big ‘thank you’ to everyone who has taken part in research at the practice – you really have made a difference!
If we invite you to take part in a study, please consider doing so. Recent studies have shown that 93% of patients who took part in research would do so again.
To find out more about taking part in research here, please contact us via email: [email protected]
You can opt out of receiving research related text invitations, please let us know. Alternatively, you can search for research taking place near you here.
Here are two short videos explaining why you may wish to consider talking part in research:
Meet the team
Research lead GPs and Principal Investigators: Dr Kunaal Shah and Dr Tom Stewart
Research Nurse: Ellie Angelova-Cooper
Research Manager: Ed Longridge
Studies we are currently involved in:
By invitation only (if invited please consider participating).
Tharros, MIRO, DePICTion, Optimise2, Gedacne, Virology swabbing, Coral, Expand, DLPF, IRDPH
Studies you can sign up yourself take part:
SELF-FRAX
Join Dementia Research
A place to register your interest in taking part in vital Dementia research. Click here for more details.
Autism research register
You can sign up to join the register of people interested in taking part in research related to autism. Click here for more details.
GLAD study
Want to make a difference to future generations of people with mental health disorders? Then join or share the Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression Study gladstudy.org.uk
Discover Me
Discover Me is a nationwide research study looking at how health and genetic information can allow us to better understand disease. By joining Discover Me United Kingdom you can get insights into your health and genetic ancestry.
MyMelanoma
A partnership between people who have been affected by melanoma, clinicians and researchers to form the largest melanoma research study in the world. Click here for details.
Improving the accuracy in earlier diagnosis of lung cancer
Looking for people who had imaging for suspected lung cancer, regardless of diagnosis or treatment. If interested contact: [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected]
Life Threads
Supporting families after traumatic brain injury. Click here for details.
Impulse control in Parkinson’s disease
Aiming to look at the mechanisms underlying how you control your movements. Contact Aliya Warden via email at [email protected]
Angling for trauma
Are you a military veteran or blue light worker? Would you like to find out about an angling (fishing) initiative for those who have experienced trauma? Click here for details.
Study outcomes
The study cycle can take years and so sometimes we don’t get to find out the outcome until some time after we’ve been involved. If you took part in a study and would like to know how it went you are advised to contact the study team who enrolled you. If we are made aware of any outcomes they will be listed below.
- All-Heart
- Alpha-Stim
- BEE
- BRIGhTMIND
- CHIP
- HEAT
- HIS-UK
- Psychological impact of covid19
- Principle and Panoramic
RCGP Research Ready accreditation
Chilwell Valley and Meadows Practice is Research Ready Accredited. Research Ready® is a quality assurance programme for all research-active UK GP practices. It is designed in line with the UK Research Governance Framework’s legal, ethical, professional, and patient safety requirements.
The programme serves to provide information, support and guidance to accredited practices in research; both to assist with meeting the requirements above, and with considering and conducting research.
Awards
We are proud to have won awards for recruitment to research studies in the East Midlands. We have also recently been in the top 5 in the UK.
Our Practice Systems and Research Manager won the prestigious National Institute for Health Research (East Midlands) Judges Special Recognition award 2024 for his work as Nottinghamshire Research Champion.
