\n The Count Me In initiative will allow research teams to directly approach patients if a relevant study arises, rather than relying solely on clinicians to find participants.\n<\/p>\n
\n The scheme, designed to make research more inclusive and efficient, will offer patients the choice to get involved, ask questions, or opt out at any time.\n<\/p>\n
\n It is hoped that this will lead to faster recruitment for studies and more opportunities for patients to engage with research.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson for the trust said: “Research is vital to improving patient care and treatments.\n<\/p>\n
\n “At Oxford Health, it helps us understand conditions like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and dementia, and develop better treatments.\n<\/p>\n
\n “But research can\u2019t happen without people. That\u2019s where Count Me In comes in.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Oxford Health has assured that personal information will remain protected and involvement will always be optional.\n<\/p>\n
\n The initiative will apply to anyone who has used the trust’s services in the last five years, unless they have opted out.\n<\/p>\n
\n A pilot project of Count Me In in 2021 showed significant improvements in research inclusivity and recruitment.\n<\/p>\n
\n In just three months, more than 8,000 patients became contactable, demonstrating a 400 per cent increase.\n<\/p>\n
\n Around 20 per cent of those contacted consented to participate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Count Me In initiative will allow research teams to directly approach patients if a relevant study arises,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-240275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}