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Seven cutting edge research projects, including a project led by Professor Peter Friend from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, have been awarded grants totalling £1.1 million by the UK medical research charity, Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund (PCRF). The grants bring the charity’s total research support to £10 million.
My patient’s emergency procedure was Interventional Radiology-related or an Endoscopic Interventions (e.g. stent insertion, ERCP), not surgery – are they eligible?
Answer Yes, all emergency abdominal procedures are eligible – of course, the patient has to clinically deteriorate to be included.
How do I define a scan as ‘emergency’ or ‘unplanned’?
Answer All scans REQUESTED outside of the normal working hours of 9am to 5pm Monday-Friday are counted as unplanned. All scans where the RICHER tool (a communication tool developed by RESPOND) had to be used in the request also count as unplanned.