Research Success at Kettering General Hospital

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Research Success at Kettering General Hospital

• Dr Gwyn McCreanor
• Associate Medical Director

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Background

• Kettering General Hospital is a medium-sized
  district general hospital which provides a wide
  range of services to about 300,000 people in
  North Northamptonshire.
• The hospital has served its local community since
  1897. It became an NHS Trust in 1994 and is
  currently working to become a Foundation Trust.
• The Trust's goal is to provide the highest
  standards of care for all of its patients and to
  fully support carers and visitors.
• As well as services based at the main Kettering
  site the Trust also runs a wide range of services
  in Corby, Wellingborough and Rushden.

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• It has developed many state-of-the-art facilities
  run by highly qualified staff including
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• An 18m short-stay surgery Centre The Treatment
  Centre which enables the majority of operations
  to be done with stays of less than 48 hours
• A 4.7m Cardiac Centre providing treatments
  closer to peoples homes
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Index of Multiple Deprivation Score out of 354
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Premature Deaths
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Research at KGH

• 2007/08 the research portfolio at Kettering has
  included 52 studies.
• 87 of research undertaken has been multi-centre
  studies organised from outside the Trust.
• 42 of research undertaken is for cancer, as part
  of the work of the National Cancer Research
  Network, who have celebrated their 5th year of
  working with Kettering General Hospital this
  year.
• A number of studies are organised and sponsored
  by the Trust, to gain new knowledge (which will
  be shared throughout the NHS), improve patient
  experience locally, and also give staff the
  opportunity to develop professionally.
• All research undertaken is governed by the Trust
  Research Committee

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Research at KGH
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Research at KGH
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NCRN

• 42 portfolio studies
• Consultant lead and two research nurses
• Good patient recruitment into trials
• Opportunity for patient to take part in trials
  closer to home
• Opportunity to get treatment that is not normally
  available

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Trials

• UK Familial Ovarian Cancer Screening Study
  (UKFOCCS)
• TACT2 Chemotherapy trial in early breast cancer
• National Study of Colorectal Cancer Genetics
• CLL and AML studies
• Aspirin and esomeprazole in Barretts metaplasis
  (ASPECT)
• Managing injuries of the neck (MINT)
• Self poisoning and suicide prevention
• Olfactory innervation in nasal polyps
• Identification of heart donors using biochemical
  probes
• Haemostasis following functional endoscopic sinus
  surgery

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Own account success

• Digit (thumb) sucking study
• High profile with local media coverage including
  national television
• Two studies
• Prevalence study
• Impact of digit sucking on bite
• Student work for MSc
• Sponsored by the Trust

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Future

• CLRN Network support
• Hub and spoke network management arrangement
• Guidance/support/governance
• Training
• Funding
• Access to portfolio studies
• Topic specific networks