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Hubs & PCTs > Trent Hub

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Nathalie Bailey-Flitter - Locality Manager (Trent hub)

  Nathalie qualified as an RGN in 1997 and completed her part-time BSc Hons degree in Nursing Studies in 1999 just prior to taking a (long!) working holiday in Australia.  Nathalie worked clinically in Melbourne until 2001, when she returned to England and the NHS. She moved into clinical research in 2001, first working in the Acute Sector as a Research Nurse and Study Co-ordinator, then later as Research Governance Co-ordinator in Primary Care.  In 2005, she completed a Masters degree in Medical Law and is now Locality Manager for the Trent hub of PCRN EMSY.  Nathalie is the key contact for portfolio research in Bassetlaw, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.


Email: nathalie.bailey-flitter@nottspct.nhs.uk  Phone: 01623 673317  Mobile: 07825 316291
Address: c/o Research & Evaluation Department, Birch House, Ransom Wood Business Park, Southwell Road West, Rainworth, Notts NG21 0ER

Miranda Lane - Research Development Officer

  Miranda graduated with a Masters (MMedSci) in Human Nutrition from the University of Sheffield in 2008.  She was awarded a commendation for her research thesis into the efficacy of pro-, pre- and synbiotics in the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Miranda is a graduate member of the Nutrition Society and as such is registered as an associate nutritionist.  Prior to her postgraduate degree, she completed her BSc Hons degree in Biology at the University of Stirling.  Miranda is the Primary Care Research Development Officer for Nottinghamshire County, Nottingham City and Bassetlaw and has been working for the PCRN since December 2008.  She acts as a resource and support to individual GP practices and other primary care practitioners involved in the recruitment of patients to, and clinical delivery of, portfolio studies.


Email:  miranda.lane@nottspct.nhs.uk  Telephone:  01623 673315  Mobile:  07833 048841
Address:  c/o Research & Evaluation Department, Birch House, Ransom Wood Business Park, Southwell Road West, Rainworth, Notts NG21 0ER

David Kelly - Clinical Studies Development Officer

  David completed a BA (Hons) in Social Sciences before starting his nurse training and qualified as an RMN in 1989.  After a short spell in acute psychiatry, he became Team Leader of a residential psychiatric rehabilitation unit in Nottingham.  He completed the Thorn Diploma in Integrated Approaches to Psychosis with the University of Nottingham in 1998 then worked for ten years as a CPN in a Community Mental Health Team.  He briefly worked with the East Midlands hub of the Mental Health Research Network before moving to PCRN EMSY on a 12-month secondment.  David is the Clinical Studies Development Officer and is responsible for screening, recruiting and retaining primary care patients to clinical trials and other well-designed studies.


Email:  david.kelly@nnotts.nhs.uk  Telephone:  01623 673314  Mobile:  07766 528550
Address:  c/o Research & Evaluation Department, Birch House, Ransom Wood Business Park, Southwell Road West, Rainworth, Notts NG21 0ER

Craig Beecroft - Clinical Studies Officer

  Craig gained a BSc in Podiatry from the University of Northampton in 1999, then worked as a clinician and manager in a number of podiatry fields in North Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.  He graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2005 with a Masters in Health Service Research and Technology Assessment.  Since graduation, he has been involved in a variety of podiatry-based studies, two of which have been published.  He is the CSO responsible for the north of NHS Nottinghamshire County and Bassetlaw PCT, acting as a resource and support to GP practices and other primary care practitioners involved in the recruitment of patients and delivery of portfolio studies.


Email:  Craig.Beecroft2@nottspct.nhs.uk  Telephone:  01623 673324  Mobile: 07810 654888
Address:  c/o Research and Evaluation Department, Birch House, Ransom Wood Business Park, Southwell Road West, Rainworth, Notts, NG21 0ER

Janice Wiseman - Clinical Studies Officer

  Janice completed her training as a Registered General Nurse in County Durham in 1990 and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Research Methods.  She has worked in various clinical areas including respiratory medicine, cardiology and GU medicine, and, more recently, oncology, haematology and stroke. She worked as a research nurse from 2001 until 2009 and has experience of commercial, academic and non-commercial clinical trials. During this time, she also worked as Research Governance Officer. Prior to her current post she was Senior Research Nurse in the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.  She joined PCRN EMSY as Clinical Studies Officer in June 2009 and is responsible for the NHS Lincolnshire area.


Email:  Janice.Wiseman@lpct.nhs.uk  Phone:  01522 513355 Ex 5485  Mobile:  07827 981280
Address:  Research and Development, NHS Lincolnshire, Cross O'Cliff Court, Lincoln LN4 2HN

Asmah Hussain - Clinical Studies Officer

  Asmah gained a BSc (Hons) in Physiology and Pharmacology from Nottingham Trent University in 2007, and has worked on both commercial and non-commercial clinical trials.  Prior to her current role with the PCRN, she worked as Assistant Trial Co-coordinator on a phase-III trial at the University of Leicester.  She joined us in May as the Clinical Studies Officer responsible for Nottingham City PCT and the south of NHS Nottinghamshire County.  Asmah will be acting as a resource and support to GP practices and other primary care practioners in the recruitment and delivery of portfolio studies


Email:  asmah.hussain@nottspct.nhs.uk  Telephone:  01623 673316  Mobile:  07810 654868
Address:  c/o Research and Evaluation Department, Birch House, Ransom Wood Business Park, Southwell Road West, Rainworth, Notts, NG21 0ER

Working with Trent hub

The Trent hub is hosted by Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT and is co-located with the Research and Evaluation team at the PCT headquarters in Rainworth, Nottinghamshire.  The hub has allocated desk space in Lincolnshire Teaching PCT and is looking to negotiate similar for ad-hoc use in Derbyshire.

Engaging with Trent hub will provide unique research opportunities in:

  • Prevention/screening
  • Early presentation
  • Conditions usually managed in primary care
  • Long-term conditions
  • Co-morbidities
  • Service configuration

It will also provide:

  • A central point of access for information about high-quality research studies
  • Access to a large number of free training courses and educational events (CPD points!)
  • Research support and expertise from the network team and their collaborators
  • Resources that support research (all the studies supported by PCRN EMSY have 100 per cent service costs covered)

If you would like further information about the benefits and opportunities afforded you and your service through collaboration with the Trent hub, please do not hesitate to contact Nathalie.  She would be happy to meet with you to discuss any of this in more detail at your convenience.

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