Dunfermline Group What is it and how could it help you?
Dunfermline Group? Formed in 2004, meet quarterly Membership comprises the Scottish non university teaching hospital Health Boards and Special Health Boards – Ayrshire and Arran, Borders, Dumfries & Galloway, Fife, Forth Valley, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Highland, Lanarkshire, The State Hospital Function Development of research capacity and capability Provision of peer support Pooling of knowledge and expertise Promotion of good practice within Research Governance and Management
Importance Approximately 2.3 Million – 43% of the population live in these Health Boards Naive study populations Research Capacity and Capability – Interested active clinicians
Resources 3 Clinical Research facilities NHS Fife, Highland and Golden Jubilee National Hospital Access to clinical space in the other Board areas Experienced and established R&D teams with proven track record of delivery, able to provide help and advice navigating approvals processes Approximately 75 dedicated research nurses Dedicated Pharmacy support Access to Laboratory facilities
Expertise Prof Stephen Gillespie - Sir James Black Professor of Medicine (St Andrews) NRS Infectious Diseases Speciality Group Lead – NHS Fife Institute of Healthcare Policy and Practice (IHCPP) – Infectious diseases/Infection research group - Partnership between University of the West of Scotland and NHS Ayrshire and Arran Scottish National Lyme Borreliosis Testing Lab – NHS Highland
Expertise Prof Stephanie Dancer, Professor of Microbiology, Edinburgh Napier University, and Consultant Microbiologist – NHS Lanarkshire Dr Edward James,, Consultant Microbiologist, - C. Difficile, and CAUTI infection - NHS Borders Golden Jubilee National Hospital National tertiary referral service for NHS Scotland – The Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Interventional Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Anaesthetics/ Cardiac surgery/ Thoracic surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery The State Hospital
Activity European Space Agency for the pilot for LymeApp (Demonstrator Stage) – NHS Highland PoC diagnostics for infection - NHS Highland Management of the diabetic foot using electrolysed water (E- Water) – NHS Lanarkshire Evaluation of Cost of Nosocomial Infection (ECONI) – Socioeconomic Impact of HAI and modelling for future investment in Infection Prevention and Control measures in NHS Scotland – NHS Lanarkshire
Activity Cochrane Review – How effective are urinary catheter washout solutions? – IHCPP Hospital cleaning / reducing spread of infection – NHS Lanarkshire Developing a point of care testing for urinary samples – NHS Fife
Next Stages Develop further research activity – Centres of Excellence Leading national and international studies Hosting studies Training opportunities for our Staff – Masters, PhDs, Fellowships Contact Details.