The MPFT Research and Innovation (R&I) team have led or are collaborators on five successful National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) Innovation and Improvement funding bids.
Dr Ian Scott, who is a Consultant Rheumatologist at MPFT and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Keele University’s School of Medicine and is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), has played a leading role on a study examining pain medicine prescribing in patients with inflammatory arthritis.
Researchers based at the Trust are carrying out video-ethnographic research to explore the ‘naturalistic’ skillset used by dementia-care workers. John Chatwin and Katherine Ludwin are carrying out this 18-month study which is being funded by the National Institute for Health Research.
MPFT is delighted to have been awarded the Outstanding Contribution to the Development and Support of Apprentices (Large Employer) Award at Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) Apprenticeship Star Awards.
Children and young people experiencing anxiety, depression and other mental health issues are being offered digital emotional health and wellbeing support through a pioneering new partnership service.
More children and young people in Telford & Wrekin are set to get support with their mental wellbeing with the launch of the new North Telford Mental Health Support Team.
Nuvaxovid, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Novavax, has been given regulatory approval by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), making it the fifth COVID-19 vaccine authorised by the UK’s independent medicines regulator.
This follows rigorous clinical trials, set up to test the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.
MPFT was selected by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to host the regional vaccine trials for the West Midlands.
