Taking part in Parkinson’s Disease research: Sally's story
26 July 2022
Oxfordshire’s Sally Bromley is taking part in a study into the development of Parkinson’s Disease after being diagnosed in 2008.
26 July 2022
Oxfordshire’s Sally Bromley is taking part in a study into the development of Parkinson’s Disease after being diagnosed in 2008.
04 July 2022
Buckinghamshire's Ian Desborough is taking part in a cancer drugs trial after being diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) in 2017.
04 July 2022
Oxfordshire's Penny Marsh took part in an Oxford dementia study after seeing her mum with the disease
04 July 2022
Berkshire's Tracy McWalter received Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and a blood pressure drugas part of a University of Oxford study into panic attacks.
25 February 2022
Oxfordshire’s Andrew Nixey took antiviral drug molnupiravir as part of a University of Oxford trial after testing positive for COVID-19.
08 June 2021
Oxfordshire’s Janice Rowan took asthma drug budesonide through an inhaler as part of an NHS trial after testing positive for COVID-19.
08 June 2021
Shaun Rowlands took three drugs as part of a trial into COVID-19 treatments during two months in Reading’s Royal Berkshire Hospital.
15 December 2020
Louise Mew, a surgical research nurse at Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH), speaks about how her role has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
02 December 2020
Katherine Millbank, who spent two weeks in intensive care with COVID-19, took part in a trial of commonly used steroid dexamethasone to help her recover from the virus.
20 November 2020
Buckinghamshire’s Samantha Greig, who had to give up her dreams of a family and job due to a painful womb condition, is taking part in NHS research to help others.
20 November 2020
Oxford great grandfather Clive Robinson, who has lung disease, took part in a study aimed at keeping at-risk people with COVID-19 symptoms out of hospital.
14 August 2020
Kelly Fricker is the lead research nurse at The Boathouse Surgery in Pangbourne, Reading.
12 August 2020
Research midwife Danielle Thornton is working on studies into how COVID-19 affects pregnancy and whether genetics can influence how people react to the virus.
30 June 2020
Geraldine Hambrook is a research nurse in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Aylesbury’s Stoke Mandeville Hospital, who works on studies into topics including life-threatening infections and emergency surgery. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, she has focused on studies into collecting data from patients to understand the virus.
25 June 2020
Dr Raha West is an anaesthetist and principal investigator for the RECOVERY study into COVID-19 treatments at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Here she reflects on the role of research during the pandemic.
08 June 2020
An Oxford man who spent his 60th birthday in hospital with COVID-19 is taking part in research into treating and understanding the virus.
12 December 2019
A Milton Keynes mum is volunteering her infant daughter for an NHS trial to try to prevent her from getting type 1 diabetes like her older sister.
12 December 2019
An Oxfordshire girl who suffered with severe eczema has praised an NHS research trial that has helped her painful condition clear up.
12 December 2019
A hairdresser who lost her mother to breast cancer took part in an international research trial in the NHS after being diagnosed with the condition.
12 December 2019
A Berkshire man is amongst more than 200 people with dementia who took part in a research trial to see if prompting recollections of historical events can improve their memory.
12 December 2019
An Oxfordshire teenager who is using a mobile phone app connected to a pump to deliver insulin as part of a study into type 1 diabetes is urging others to take part in NHS research.
12 December 2019
A Berkshire woman with osteoarthritis of the knee is able to walk without limping after undergoing a new treatment as part of a European first study in the NHS.
12 December 2019
A mother took part in an NHS trial to treat an ectopic pregnancy.
12 December 2019
A Berkshire father who has been living with undiagnosed autism for most of his life wants to give something back and help others like him by taking part in NHS research.
12 December 2019
A mum who was sterilised because of lifelong pelvic pain is now taking part in an NHS research trial into her condition.