Enjoying the ATP and ACTA teletrials conf in Brisbane. I can’t help thinking some of the excellent efficiency and problem solving used for rural trials could be harnessed for our increasingly burdensome non rural work. Reverse the expertise flow!

BOASTiC Surgical Trials Training course is a 3 day surgical research training event for foundation, core and specialist trainees of all surgical specialties, hosted in the UK. To apply visit rcsi.com/NSRSC and complete the short application form Closing date: 30th April

Strong, NDORMS effort at @BSSH Meeting 2025 in Mallorca. Some exciting clinical science presented by our team, with more to come soon! Matthew D. Gardiner Jeremy Rodrigues Conrad Harrison Claire Sethu RSTN

“Be careful with this word innovation. It’s not always new shiny things.” Professor David Beard, on the potential pitfalls of clinical trials, at this morning's plenary, "From innovation to excellence: supporting the journey". RACS ASC 2025: asc.surgeons.org

Medical student Aurnia Barlow in full flow at ISAKOS Munich, Germany. Presenting a side study from ACL SNNAP on behalf of L Davies, AJP and myself. Good job, especially for 1st ever conference.

Massive congrats team! And to OUH @OUH_research 💚💚💚

Ministry of Health in HCMC has a new sign. Very smart too. Good to be back. Usual superb assistance from Ms Yen (SVI) to progress our dream of Vietnamese led surgical trials. New August workshop in the planning.

We had a brilliant Summer Meeting yesterday! 🌞 Great to hear from all our groups on their achievements and innovations, and from our guest speaker Dr Adwoa Parker for an engaging and informative talk! Congratulations also to the nominees and winners of our CTU awards for 2024!

📢BREAKING NEWS📢 We are off!!! ACL STARR has randomised it's first Participant! 🎉 Well done Cambridge University Hospitals NHS and Stephen McDonnell National Institute for Health and Care Research SITU Oxford #ACLRepair #ACLReconstruction #ACL

Well done The ACL STARR Study for their 1st randomisation. Looking forward to watching the exciting progress of this important National Institute for Health and Care Research trial on ACL surgical repair. Well done team Stephen McDonnell david beard SITU Oxford 👏

🎉Major win for the The SPELL Study & The ROBUST Study team, who have won OCTRU Trials Hub Joint Trials of the Year! 💫 Incredible recognition for all the hard work - so proud to be part of such a dedicated & inspiring team.🤗 👏A big thank you & well done to all our amazing sites too!

The EXPLAIN Initiative has produced generic multilingual Explainer Animations for three key topics in clinical studies - available to use for free for studies at CTUs across the UKCRC CTU Network To find out more, and to request the use of the videos, visit explain.octru.ox.ac.uk

🚨 New evidence from the NEON Trial: microsurgical suture repair does not improve outcomes for digital nerve injuries. 🔗Keen to know more? Read up on the details here! ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/trial-sho… SITU Oxford OCTRU Trials Hub david beard Matthew D. Gardiner Dominic Power Justin Wormald

🚀 Milestone reached! 🚀 The ACL STARR Study has hit its Pilot Phase Site Opening Target of 9⃣ sites in just 3 months – 7 months ahead of schedule! Huge thank you to all our amazing site teams and collaborators who made this possible. Onward! 💪 SITU Oxford National Institute for Health and Care Research OCTRU Trials Hub

Beautiful morning in Bristol for the kick-off of #BOASTIC2025. Three days of training surgical trainees in the design and conduct of randomised trials 😊 Jane Blazeby david beard The Royal College of Surgeons of England SITU Oxford ACE (formerly HSRU)

Sinus surgery is more effective than antibiotics in treating chronic rhinosinusitis, according to a major clinical trial conducted by the Surgical Intervention Trials Unit (SITU) at the University of Oxford. Read more ➡️ nds.ox.ac.uk/news/surgery-t…

🦎 Closing the treatment gap in knee osteoarthritis — the GEKO trial begins ➡️ bjsacademy.com/bjs-academy/su… "If successful, GAE could represent a major shift in the management of knee osteoarthritis — offering a minimally invasive procedure that helps patients manage pain and improve

Fantastic day at the Oxford Science + Ideas Festival! Teaching randomisation using a bead-moving trial using chopsticks or a spoon. Thanks to Matthew D. Gardiner for the brilliant finger model for great discussion on surgery vs non-surgery in nailbed repair NINJA Study SITU Oxford