In progressEthics TEST/2025/112
Deciding Together
Interviews with patients and surgeons about how the decision to operate is made.
Fair access and community partnership
Designing studies with communities, so the benefits of research reach everyone who needs them.
About the theme
Designing studies with communities, so the benefits of research reach everyone who needs them.
Studies under this theme come from several of our research groups. Each study card below links to its own page, with plain-language information for anyone thinking of taking part.
Studies in this theme
In progressEthics TEST/2025/131
Family Voices in Intensive Care
Interviews with family members about what helped, and what did not, while someone they love was in intensive care.
RecruitingEthics TEST/2026/058
Follow-up in the Community
Post-operative check-ups at a local community clinic instead of the hospital.
CompletedEthics TEST/2024/120
Results Back to People
Testing different ways of sharing trial results with the people who took part.
In progressEthics TEST/2025/149
Rural Recovery Check-ins
Nurse phone check-ins from a local health centre for people recovering from surgery far from the hospital.
RecruitingEthics TEST/2026/081
Talking About Pain Relief
Testing a plain-language guide, written with patients, to pain relief in the first week home after surgery.
News on this theme
- Community partners join the Community Trials Unit
Three community health providers have joined the unit as research partners.