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Health Research

Queen Square Medical Practice is a research active practice, affiliated with Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) About RCGP .  This means we actively support and conduct different types of research with the intention of improving outcomes for patients. New treatments, technologies, care approaches and devices all need to be carefully and safely tested in real life healthcare environments. Clinical research in these environments is separately funded and adds value to patient care. All clinical research undertaken at our practice is thoroughly checked and approved by ethical committees, to ensure it is safe to perform.

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Click on the sections below to view our different studies.

 

Sleep Buddy

Are you a parent or carer of a child aged 6-12 years? Does you child have ADHD and sleep problems? This study may be for you.

Antler 75+

Investigating the benefits of patients aged 75 and over continuing to take antidepressants for a further 12 months following recovery from depression.

GLAD Study

This project is set up to support studies exploring risk factors for depression and/or anxiety.

DaRe2THINK

A randomised control trial with the goal of preventing stroke, premature death and cognitive decline in a broader community of patients with atrial fibrillation using healthcare data for pragmatic research

D-MAPP

This is a digital rehabilitation programme to support self-management and treatment of upper arm musculoskeletal disorders.

 

Asymptomatic

Assessing whether children with mild asthma are managed better with symptom driven inhalers or daily maintenance doses.

ThinkCancer!

The goal of this study is to provide workshops to GPs and clinical staff to help improve cancer diagnosis

INDIGO

This study is investigating long term outcomes and service use of patients living with and beyond a diagnosis of cancer.

 

Snacktivity

This study is investigating whether small ‘snacks’ of activity throughout the day can be effective at improving health and wellbeing.

 

Join Dementia Research

Dementia affects more than 850,000 people in the UK. When signing up, the information you provide is used to match you to studies you may be able to take part in, both online, nationally and in your local area.

Be part of Research

Life changing treatments start with people like you. Find out how to get involved with research.

Be part of Research

The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated the importance of clinical research, which was crucial to the development of vaccines and treatments that have saved millions of lives globally. Clinical research is essential...

Enabling research in care homes

Improving the lives and health of older people living in care homes is a major UK government priority. The Enabling Research in Care Homes (ENRICH) initiative and Research Ready Care...

Findings from studies

  Research is of no use unless it gets to the people who need to use it Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department of Health Effective dissemination...

NHS National Data Opt-out.

Whenever you use a health or care service, such as attending Accident & Emergency or using Community Care Services, important information about you is collected in a patient record for...

Some studies are active but no longer recruiting.

These studies are still running in the background but are no longer recruiting patients, or are in follow up.   Athena study This study aimed to identify whether taking a...

Thank you for taking part in research

In 2024/25 we recruited 154 patients to NHS research studies. This research contributes to breakthroughs in diagnostics, treatment, prevention and interventions for patient care now and in the future. Thank...

Date published: 22nd July, 2021
Date last updated: 22nd April, 2026