Keele Clinical Trials Unit

15/10/2025

🗞️ Read all about it!
Our latest Keele CTU Newsletter is still available to read — packed with stories, updates, and a shower of news from our incredible research and trial teams! 🌊

Don’t miss out on what’s been happening across Keele CTU 👇
👉https://www.keele.ac.uk/ctu/news/ctu-newsletter-28Jul2025.pdf

10/10/2025

🧠💚 World Mental Health Day reminds us that mental wellbeing is essential to overall health. At Keele Clinical Trials Unit, we recognise that mental health is just as vital as physical health.

09/10/2025

Day in my life working at Keele Clinical Trials Unit! 👩‍💻☕️✉️📞

08/10/2025

👣 Happy International Podiatry Day! 🌍
Today we celebrate the incredible work of podiatrists — the experts who keep us moving, step by step. Your feet carry you through life, and looking after them means looking after your overall well-being. 💙

If you’re experiencing heel pain, now’s the perfect time to take action.
Get involved with the TREADON Trial — a research study designed to help improve treatment and understanding of heel pain.

Take the first step toward better foot health today! 🦶
👉 Learn more or sign up: www.keele.ac.uk/treadon

02/10/2025

✨📖 In light of National Poetry Day, we’re celebrating creativity in research with this beautiful poem about our Clinical Trials Unit, created by our very own Head of Operations, Sarah Lawton.

It captures the dedication, teamwork, and purpose that drive us every day at Keele CTU. 💙

👇 Take a moment to read and be inspired.

30/09/2025

Did you know that anyone can get involved in healthcare research at Keele?

Staff from our Clinical Trials Unit hold monthly sessions at our Keele in Town building in Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre, where members of the public can join them to help shape the future of healthcare research in North Staffordshire by sharing their thoughts and experiences.

The iNSPIRE Community Lounge, which is held on the last Wednesday of every month between 10am and 12pm, offers a relaxed environment for patients, the public, and researchers to have meaningful conversations around health research-related topics.

The CTU aims to take the feedback from these sessions to inform their research strategy going forward, to ensure that the healthcare research taking place at Keele reflects the needs of the communities the university serves, and has the biggest positive impact it can.

Steff Garvin, Trial Manager from Keele CTU said: “Whether you have personal experience with healthcare services, an interest in research, or simply want to connect with others in the community, you're warmly welcome to drop in. It’s an opportunity to learn about the latest research happening in your community, meet with members form the Clinical Trials Unit at Keele, and find out how you can get involved or have your say on what matters most to you. By joining us, you can help make local health research more relevant, inclusive, and impactful.”

For more information visit https://www.keele.ac.uk/ctu/?utm_content=1759231740&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=facebook

29/09/2025

☕💚 On National Coffee Day, we were delighted to host a Macmillan Coffee Morning at Keele CTU!

It was a wonderful opportunity to come together over coffee and cake, whilst also raising money for an incredible cause. We’re proud to have supported Macmillan Cancer Support and to celebrate the power of community, conversation, and a good brew.

A big thank you to everyone who joined us, baked, donated, and helped make the day such a success! Together, we’re making a difference. 💚

25/09/2025

🌟 New Short Film Release 🌟
Your Voice Matters: Living with Chronic Pain, Shaping the Future of Research

💬 Created by people who live with chronic pain, for people with chronic pain, this film explores:
✨ The realities of living with pain
✨ The value of connection and shared experiences
✨ How taking part in research and meaningful activities can shape the future of care

The stories shared are powerful, inspiring, and filled with hope.
This project was funded by a NIHR SPCR PPIE grant and co-funded through the Primary Care Centre Versus Arthritis Impact Award.

🔎 Why watch?
This film is for you if you:
✔️ Lead, design, or deliver health research or education about inclusive healthcare
✔️ Want to understand why public involvement in research matters
✔️ Live with or support people with chronic pain or long-term conditions
✔️ Believe in the power of lived experience to improve care and shape research

🎥 Watch the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVnDWNlHcOo
👉 Read more: https://www.keele.ac.uk/about/news/2025/september/short-film/chronic-pain-research.php

💡 Please watch, share, and help raise awareness of how lived experience can transform research and healthcare. 💡

Researchers at Keele have teamed up with people who live with chronic pain to shine a spotlight on their experiences and encourage others to take part in health research.

08/09/2025

🌍✨ Today is World Physical Therapy Day!
Physiotherapists change lives every day — helping people recover from injury, manage pain and move with freedom. 💪

A little reminder that moving more, stretching regularly and looking after our bodies can make a huge difference to our everyday wellbeing. 💙

Why not take 5 minutes today to:
✅ Stretch at your desk
✅ Go for a brisk walk
✅ Try a new exercise

💬 Tell us in the comments: How has physiotherapy helped you or someone you know?

05/09/2025

📣 We’re coming to your community!

Come and meet the CTU team at our upcoming engagement events to find out more about health research in your area, what’s coming up, and how you can get involved. 💬✨

📍 Bradwell Hospital
🗓 Thursday 11th September | ⏰ 10:00am – 2:00pm

📍 Newcastle Library
🗓 Monday 15th September | ⏰ 10:00am – 2:00pm

📍 Newcastle Job Centre – Health & Wellbeing Event
🗓 Wednesday 17th September | ⏰ 10:00am – 12:30pm

📍 Keele In Town – iNSPIRE Community Lounge
🗓 Wednesday 24th September | ⏰ 10:00am – 12:00pm

👋 Come and say hello – we’d love to chat with you!

27/08/2025

We are recruiting people who experience heel pain for a research study. Please visit keele.ac.uk/treadon or scan the QR code in the poster for more information, if you or anyone you know may be interested in taking part.

22/08/2025

🚨 iNSPIRE Community Lounge Update

Unfortunately, next week’s iNSPIRE Community Lounge at Keele in Town has been cancelled due to refurbishment works. 😔

But don’t worry – we’ll be back in September ready to welcome you all again! 💛

Thank you for your understanding, and we can’t wait to see you soon.