At The Brimington Surgery, we are proud to be a research-active practice. Participating in clinical research and disease surveillance helps to develop new treatments and medicines for the future. There are different types of research that patients can take part in.

If we invite you to take part in a study, please consider doing so. A recent survey found that most participants report a positive experience after taking part in research studies. Read more here:  https://www.nihr.ac.uk/about-us/who-we-are/reports-and-performance/participant-in-research-experience-survey

How can you get involved?

We are regularly updated with upcoming studies, so ensure to stay up to date by checking this Research page, as well as our social media pages.

This practice is one of over 600 practices in England contributing pseudonymised data for national research and surveillance.

These data enable continuous monitoring of infections and diseases in the community and is used in ethically approved research. The RCGP RSC is the main source of information for Public Health England (PHE) and helps with prediction and management of flu out-breaks and pandemics.

Providing pseudonymised data does not affect patients, their care or privacy, however if you no longer wish to allow your information to be used, please let us know.

The pseudonymised data, extracted by an information service provider, Wellbeing Software (also known as Apollo Medical Solutions), is processed within the private and secure net-work of the Clinical Informatics and Health Outcomes Research Group at University of Sur-rey under a formal data sharing agreement. The pseudonymised data may be linked with oth-er NHS data for analysis, including hospital episode statistics.

For further information please visit http://www.rcgp.org.uk/rsc

or contact:

Prof Simon de Lusignan (Data Controller) RSC Director MedicalDirectorRSC@rcgp.org.uk

Practice Liaison Team Practiceenquiries@phc.ox.ac.uk 
Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research and Surveillance Centre (RSC)

Social frailty means being at risk of losing the social relationships and supports that help people stay connected, independent, and well —social factors like loneliness and isolation play an important role in health and wellbeing as we age

Research from the UK and around the world shows that social frailty can increase the risk of poor outcomes in older adults. However, there is no standard way for health and social care staff in the UK to identify or measure social frailty in the people they support.

That’s why we developed a new screening tool—a short set of questions designed to help professionals spot the early signs of social frailty in older people. The current study aims to test whether this tool is reliable, accurate, and easy to use.

Click HERE for more information.

After reading this document, if you wish to give consent to be contacted, please contact the surgery and ask for Paula or Chelsea