Surgical Trials Centres
The RCS Surgical Trials Centres are embedded within existing surgical clinical trials units. Core funding has been provided to support the development of new surgical trials and trialists.
The Surgical Trials Centres enable surgeons to deliver clinical studies to assess new surgical techniques, and develop breakthroughs in treatment that will help to deliver new and better care to thousands of patients.
Deliverables for the centres are:
- deliver two new surgical trials per annum;
- develop three new chief investigators over the first three years;
- work with 50 different clinical units and 50 new principle investigators over four years.
This will equate to recruiting 600 surgical patients through each STC over the first four years of the scheme. To date, the majority of the centres are on route to achieving these deliverables and their progress is reviewed annually.
| Unit | Director/s | Location | Centre manager |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical Intervention Trials Unit (SITU) |
Professor David Beard Professor Freddie Hamdy Professor Andy Carr |
Oxford | Damian Hayward |
| Bristol Surgical Trials Centre (BriSTC) |
Professor Jane Blazeby Professor Chris Rogers |
Bristol | Carol Davies |
| North West Surgical Trials Centre (NWSTC) |
Professor Nigel Bundred Professor Paula Ghaneh |
Liverpool/Manchester | Kellie Platt |
| Birmingham Surgical Trials Consortium (BiSTC) |
Professor Pamela Kearns Professor Peter Brocklehurst Mr Tom Pinkney Dr Laura Magill |
Birmingham | Dr Laura Magill |
| York Trials Unit |
Professor David Torgerson Dr Catriona McDaid |
York | Sally Baker |
| Leeds Surgical Trials Unit |
Professor David Jayne Professor Julia Brown |
Leeds | Julie Croft |