Sep 19, 2025 | Research event-past
On 8 June 2025, the South Central Ambulance Service Research Team attended a health event run by the Vedic Hindu Temple in Southampton. The team provided the opportunity for children to be screened for type 1 diabetes as part of the ELSA study. This was a hugely...
Sep 19, 2025 | Research project-active
Project summary This study is looking at the perceived stigma associated with prostate cancer among Black men in the UK. The aim of this study is to understand how stigma influences public health messaging, decision making, and identify how this stigma might be...
Sep 19, 2025 | Research project-active
Project summary Genes & Health is a study, looking at how genes influence health and disease. The study is collecting DNA (genetic) samples from adults with a self-identified ethnicity of Bangladeshi, British-Bangladeshi, Pakistani, British-Pakistani. It is a...
Jul 15, 2025 | Research, Research project-closed
Project summary The Take home Naloxone Project (THN) is being evaluated by the South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) Research Team, but is managed and governed by the SCAS Medicines team. The Take Home Naloxone Programme is trialing a new process where a Nasal Spray...
Jul 15, 2025 | Research, Research project-active
Project summary Stroke is a common medical emergency that requires quick treatment to reduce death and disability. A thrombectomy removes clots from large arteries in the brain. In SCAS only John Radcliffe Hospital and University Hospital Southampton can perform...
Jul 15, 2025 | Research, Research project-active
Project summary The Spinal Immobilisation Study is a randomise controlled trial assessing if triple immobilisation is comparable to movement minimisation in patient outcome for spinal injury following blunt trauma. This is measured through various data points during...
