research and innovation mr ken lavery, medical director
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RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONMr Ken Lavery, Medical Director
PHILOSOPHY
•Holistic approach•Translational•Clinically led•Multidisciplinary•Developing•Expansion
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PARTNERS I
• QVH
• Blond McIndoe Research Foundation
• Brighton and Sussex Medical School
• University of Brighton
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PARTNERS II
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INFRASTRUCTURE I
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ClinicalClinical Management Management
TranslationalTranslationalResearchResearch
HealthcareHealthcareOutcomesOutcomes
EducationEducationDevelopmentDevelopment
INFRASTRUCTURE II
• Translational research: from the lab to the patient
• Healthcare outcomes: supported by Clinical Audit, P.R.O.M.S. (patient reported outcome measures)
• Educational “give me the boy and I will give you the man” involving the medical students in our work and inspiring them to take it forward to the next step in their turn
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QVH MODEL
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• Clinician ledClinician led• Self fundingSelf funding• University/Charity/HospitalUniversity/Charity/Hospital• Clinicians of the futureClinicians of the future• Flexible/ProactiveFlexible/Proactive• Collaborative researchCollaborative research
Clinical Clinical ManagementManagement
TranslationalTranslationalResearchResearch
HealthcareHealthcareOutcomesOutcomes
EducationEducationDevelopmentDevelopment
TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
• Wound biology – pH, in vitro• Anti-scarring• Pain control• Skin graft management• Biomaterials – nanofibres, microcarriers carbon• Psychology - back to work• Sepsis - finger print, immunology
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RESEARCH / EDUCATION
• Clinician involvement• Taught courses• Progression
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StudentsIRPBSc
Post GraduateMD fellow
MRes
Burns FellowClinical Research
Pre consultant
QVH MODEL
• Healthcare outcomes• Clinical management - surgical, sepsis, commercial, pharmocokinetics • Education and Development
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STRENGTHS
• Clinical + Science• Personnel• Wide research
programme• Education• Collaborations
• Patient driven• Cycle of research• Multi-faceted/
disciplinary• Facilities• Managerial/SHA buy in
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CURRENT STATUS• Joint grant applications with BMRF Prof. Lawrence-Watts as
research consultant for QVH and BMRF• Collaborations• Medical student IRP’s• Research Nurse• NIHR links• Military links• Joint appointments• Research links mirror clinical links• Wider research portfolio for each member
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BENEFITS• Local model with logical development• Enhance vs create• Pump priming - plan to establish Chair• Patient driven• Self sustaining• Develops future clinicians• Efficient use of resources
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CURRENT ACTIVITY
• 24 Research projects currently funded and on-going including nationally clinically important work in:– Pain Relief; Paracetomol Study; major study on post-operative pain
relief Anaesthetics and Maxillofacial Departments– Patient psychological outcomes after breast surgery reconstruction in
both men and women, in collaboration with the University of West of England
– Long term outcomes for paediatric burn injury; a major study with already 120 patients recruited
– Wound healing and scar management– Limbal Cell Sheets for ocular surface rehabilitation Corneo-plastic
department
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INNOVATION
• Development of medical devices the QVH has active liaison with NHS Innovations to develop the commercial aspects and ensure the Trust retains the intellectual property and a prototype of a medical device is now ready for clinical trial
• Three other innovations are being actively pursued
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FUNDING
• The $64,000 question • The Money!• Charitable funds• The Trust is re-organising its charitable funds to
make more money available for Research and Development, recognising that research grants may become more challenging to obtain
• More flexibility should allow more and larger projects to be self-funded
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SUMMARY
• Research and Development has always been at the core of clinical activity at QVH
• We “punch well above our weight” in terms of the amount and quality of research that we are produce
• Major academic units see us as a very important partner in their research endeavours
• Research keeps our profile high nationally and internationally
• Its not a “nice to do” its for us a “must do”
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