Research

What is Research?

Have you ever wondered how your doctor or nurse knows the best treatment to prescribe when you’re ill? The answer is simple – it’s all down to research studies which are designed to find ways to treat or prevent disease.

 Why Take Part in Research

The goal of research is to improve everyone’s knowledge about health and disease. Taking part in research may lead to new solutions to problems and thus improving health. Moreover, taking part in research may enable you to access new and innovative treatments before they’re available to others.

Primary Care Research Network (PCRN)

The Primary Care Research Network East Midlands and South Yorkshire (PCRN EMSY) is part of the NHS. Please visit our website at: http://www.pcrn-emsy.org.uk/. PCRN EMSY aims to promote research and we have worked closely with doctors and pharmacies since 2007. You may have already been invited to take part in a research study or may already be participating in one.

Working with Your Surgery

PCRN EMSY has a portfolio of research studies and your surgery actively supports our work. This means that your surgery is sent information about new studies and invited to take part. If the doctors are happy that the research will benefit patients, work will then start to identify eligible patients. This means you might receive a letter from the surgery, or your doctor or nurse may discuss a study with you during your appointment. Either way, it is up to you to decide whether you want to take part.

More Information

If you want more information, please contact Janice Strand, PCRN EMSY Locality Manager, on 0116 295 1589.

Our partnership with the uMed research platform

Quorn Medical Centre is currently working with a research technology partner known as uMed. Their accredited platform enables us to provide you with research opportunities that are highly relevant to your health circumstances.

Without the use of uMed’s technology we may not have the time to find and engage patients that meet the requirements of the studies. This would therefore mean many patients would miss out on their chance to participate in ground-breaking research.

For further information on uMed please visit their website at www.umed.io or email patientsupport@umed.io

Practice Privacy Notice Statement

Supporting Research Activity

Quorn Medical Centre uses Umedeor Ltd (uMed) as a data processor to support research and care support activity. This includes accessing and secure hosting of health record data for the purpose of identifying patients that are eligible for specific research or care support projects. uMed also contacts those patients on behalf of the practice via SMS, letter, email or telephone to provide more information about the study, and to collect additional information to assess your eligibility for a certain study.

Your consent will be required before any practice data is shared externally with researchers. uMed applies the national opt-out to practice data it receives so if you wish your data is not processed for research you can do so by visiting https://www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters/

For further information on uMed please visit their website at www.umed.io or email patientsupport@umed.io

The FLASH Study

Although there are several treatment options already available for asthma, some individuals may still have difficulty controlling their symptoms. 

Quorn Medical Centre is taking part in the FLASH study which is investigating whether a medication called Atuliflapon can improve symptoms for patients living with moderate to severe uncontrolled Asthma.

This study is recruiting male and female participants between the age of 18-80 years of age with a confirmed asthma diagnosis.

Quorn Medical Centre is working with our research technology partner uMed to invite patients to this study. If you meet the study criteria, you may receive a text message, email or letter asking whether you would like to take part. Participation is entirely voluntary and you can opt out at any time.

If you have any questions about this study please contact the uMed nurse support team at patientsupport@umed.io.