This research is looking to understand what matters most to people living with type 2 diabetes when looking at weight loss plans and diets.

As well as understanding how people choose weight loss plans, this research will also measure how this might vary between different groups of people, for example from different backgrounds or with different health priorities.

It is being carried out by a team of clinicians and researchers from Manchester University NHS Trust and Staffordshire University.

This consultation will gather public opinion on draft principles to support patients who wish to withdraw their consent from a research study.

It is part of the PeRSEVERE project (Principles for handling end-of-participation events in clinical trials research) which aims to help make sure that the right to withdraw informed consent is put into practice in a way that protects both individual participants’ rights and the quality of research.

The project is being carried out by researchers at the University of Leeds.

This online questionnaire is looking to understand the experiences of people living with cancer when accessing psychological and other support services as part of their treatment and recovery.

Results from the questionnaire will help the Cancer Alliance of Greater Manchester & Eastern Cheshire to develop services around the needs of people living with cancer in Greater Manchester.

This survey will investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown is affecting people and will document the experiences of ethnic and religious minority people.

This online study is looking to understand how people’s experiences of relationships can link to the development of psychosis.

This study is looking to understand how living with diabetes can affect people’s day-to-day life experience and mood.

• Researchers want to hear from everyone with diabetes, whether they have experienced depression or not.
• Findings from this study will help to measure how many people are, and aren’t affected by symptoms of depression, and how this may be different for people living with different types of diabetes.
• Results from this study will be used to inform and shape future research to help develop new treatments or therapies.
• The study is being carried out by a team of researchers at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.

Further reading

• Stedman, M., Eltom, S., Solomon, E., Rea, R., Grady, K., Chaudhury, N., Brown, S., Paisley, A., Gadsby, R. and Heald, A.H. (2022). Living with diabetes and its impact on mental health: results of an online survey. Cardiovascular Endocrinology & Metabolism, [online] 11(2), p.e0262

NHS medicines helplines are services that people can contact if they have questions about their medicines after coming home from hospital.

This study hopes to increase patient safety by making recommendations about how to improve medicines helplines in the future.

Further reading

• Ashby, B.S. and Jones, M.D. (2022). A discrete choice experiment to identify patient preferences for the provision of NHS medicines helpline services. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 30(Supplement_1), pp.i26–i27.