After Intensive Care
Following patients and families for a year after an intensive care stay.
For participants
Thank you for thinking about taking part in research. The studies below are looking for participants now. Each page explains what is involved in plain language, with documents you can download and read at home.
Taking part is always voluntary. Saying no, or changing your mind later, will not affect your care in any way.
Studies recruiting now
Recruiting Recruiting Fit for Surgery
A four-week home exercise and nutrition programme before major surgery.
Recruiting Follow-up in the Community
Post-operative check-ups at a local community clinic instead of the hospital.
Recruiting Step Count Check
Does a phone step counter tell us as much as a clinic walking test?
Recruiting The Day Two Study
Can a single blood test on the second day after bowel surgery show who needs closer follow-up?
Other studies
Studies that have closed recruitment, with newsletters and findings for people who took part.
In progress Deciding Together
Interviews with patients and surgeons about how the decision to operate is made.
In progress Healing in Later Life
Why do wounds heal more slowly in some older adults, and what can we do about it?
In progress Rehab at Home
Remote physiotherapy coaching after knee and hip replacement.
Completed Results Back to People
Testing different ways of sharing trial results with the people who took part.
Completed Sleep After ICU
Measuring sleep at home in the three months after intensive care.