Thanks to everyone across the Network who collaborated on the two new pieces of data management guidance released today.
And there’s more to follow!
Download your copies here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/is-data-mana...
#UKCTUNetwork #DISOG2025
Can a simple swab transform emergency care for babies with fever? 😷🍼
REFINE is a pilot study exploring safer, faster care in Emergency Departments across Wales. Funded by @researchwales.bsky.social 🌟
🔗 www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...
👁️🗨️ How does vision loss affect mental health? The new Eight Voices in Darkness exhibition shares lived stories through art, sound & photography.
Free to visit:
Chapter Arts Centre
6–8 Nov
10 a.m. - 9 p.m. 🎧🖼️
🔗 www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...
@researchwales.bsky.social
Free training now live 🎓
Learn how to use healthcare data in clinical trials with clarity, trust, and inclusion.
Video-based modules built by experts, designed for everyone in a trial team - from analysts to delivery leads.
🔗 www.hdruk.ac.uk/news/free-to...
📣 Welsh-led pilot study putting babies first ❤️
Rapid viral testing could help reduce invasive procedures, antibiotic use + admissions for feverish infants. Funded by @researchwales.bsky.social 👶🔬
👉 www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...
Clinical trials are changing. When teams can use healthcare data safely and confidently, studies can run faster, cost less, and reach more people.
That’s what TOP-CAT training helps you do — free and practical:
🔗 www.hdruk.ac.uk/news/free-to...
Flyer for OPTIMISE launch webinar on 1st December from 2-3pm
📢 Register for OPTIMISE webinar
Introducing OPTIMISE recommendations for designing more inclusive consent processes to ensure trials are accessible for people with communication &/or decision-making needs
📆1st Dec
🕙2-3pm
🔗app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/cardiff/optimise-webin...
Our very own Director of Infections, Inflammation and Immunity division @ctrcardiffuni.bsky.social - Dr David Gillespie, delivering his Ted style talk at the Health and Care Research Wales conference. #ResearchWales25
Today marks the 10th Health and Care Research Wales conference. If you are here, please come and visit us on our stand today!
We recently launched our 5-Year End of Award report.
Read the report now:
www.cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-t...
#ResearchWales25 @researchwales.bsky.social
Flyer for workshop titled Building Inclusive Practices around Mental Capacity and Consent in Palliative Care Research at RCP in London on 17th Oct
📢Registration now open: Building Inclusive Practices around Mental Capacity & Consent in Palliative Care Research
✅Hear research findings
✅Identify research gaps & priorities
✅Opportunities to collaborate & contribute
📆 17th Oct
📍 RCP, London
🔗 www.capacityconsentresearch.com/palliative-c...
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Screenshot of a rapid response article in The BMJ titled Research must be (re)designed to include older people if it is to meet tomorrow's health and care needs
My rapid response in @bmj.com on research funders' joint statement calling for better inclusion of older people in research highlights the key role of #TrialsMethodology research e.g CONSULT www.capacityconsentresearch.com @ctrcardiffuni.bsky.social
#InclusiveResearch
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
🧑⚕️ Are you a cancer nurse in NHS Wales?
Apply now for training grants (£250–£1,000) to develop research skills and improve patient care.
🔗 healthandcareresearchwales.org/form/grants-...
@researchwales.bsky.social
@ukcrc-ctu.org.uk 🎯📖
🎉 Publication 8 for PEACH!
From protocol to final paper—PEACH has delivered insights across 8 key publications. Read the latest in BMJ Open today.
🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/8...
@researchwales.bsky.social
@ukcrc-ctu.org.uk 📘🍑
🍑 PEACH has landed!
The final publication from the PEACH study is now live in BMJ Open—marking the 8th major output from this impactful research.
🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/8...
@researchwales.bsky.social
@ukcrc-ctu.org.uk 📄🎯
@picklestim.bsky.social reflects on his journey through a Doctoral Fellowship and Next Steps Award—and how it's shaped his research career.
🔗 youtu.be/eYV3HUcZehc
@researchwales.bsky.social
@ukcrc-ctu.org.uk 📊🧠
New UK Clinical Trial Regulations & GCP standards to take effect from 28 April 2026 – find out what this means ⬇️
The changes are designed to enhance patient safety, streamline approvals and strengthen the UK as a global leader:
t.co/4TpYglBtnC
@researchwales.bsky.social
Wales has become the first UK nation to open recruitment for T1D-Plus – a major international clinical trial exploring innovative treatment strategies for adults newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D).
Led by the Centre for Trials Research:
mediwales.com/news/wales-f...
📝 Don’t miss the NIHR EME webinar on 11 July, 13:00-14:00!
Discover tips for funding success + get your questions answered. 🎯👨🏫
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nihr-effic...
@researchwales.bsky.social @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk @cardiffuni.bsky.social
📝 Discover how funding shapes research careers!
Dr Tim Pickles reflects on his Health and Care Research Wales awards + next steps at a free webinar on Tues 15 July 2025. 🎯👨🏫
🔗 healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/events...
@researchwales.bsky.social @cardiffuni.bsky.social @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk
Our final session of the day dives into findings from a recent survey of registered CTUs on central data management practices.
Big thanks to Chris Hurt @southamptonctu.bsky.social & Angela Casbard @ctrcardiffuni.bsky.social for guiding us through the results!
#UKCTUNetwork #CTUStats2025
📢One week until our OPTIMISE workshop to develop recommendations to help researchers design consent processes to be more inclusive of people with communication and/or decision-making needs @ctrcardiffuni.bsky.social
Room for 1 or 2 more to join us, contact for more info!
#InclusiveResesrch
🎓 Join the Health and Care Research Wales Faculty webinar on Tues 15 July 2025
Dr Tim Pickles shares his journey from Doctoral Fellowship to Next Steps Award + career growth. 🌱💡
🔗 healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/events...
@researchwales.bsky.social @cardiffuni.bsky.social @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk
🚀 Join the NIHR EME Programme Information Session with Dr Phil Pallmann!
Learn how to apply and hear insights from successful applicants. 🧑🔬💡
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nihr-effic...
@researchwales.bsky.social @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk @cardiffuni.bsky.social
The #UKCTUNetwork supports better, more efficient clinical trials through shared learning, webinars and national meetings for members, as well as training, and guidance.
Explore our free resources here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/guidance-for...
#ClinicalTrials #ResearchSupport #BestPractice
🎥 What is CLARITY PAD?
Watch the animated explainer and meet the team behind the UK’s biggest PAD trial.
🔗 youtu.be/scdeOhs4HGY?...
@researchwales.bsky.social @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk @researchnbt.bsky.social
🧠 “To recognise power over one’s own body, emotions, and future instils hope.”
Peer MIST shows how research can restore agency, dignity & self-belief after unimaginable hardship.
🔗 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-t...
@researchwales.bsky.social @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk
#WorldRefugeeDay2025 🌍🕊️
🤝 Co-production isn’t just a method—it’s a movement.
Peer MIST is led by those with lived experience, turning trauma into agency, and research into belonging.
🔗 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-t...
@researchwales.bsky.social @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk
#WorldRefugeeDay2025 🌍🕊️
