UCLH is looking to increase the number of trial participants filling in the Participant in Research Experience Survey (PRES) forms.
And the UCLH division which gathers the greatest percentage of surveys to number of trial participants by 31 March 2024 will win £100 M&S vouchers to spend on treats (cakes, chocolates, sweets for instance) for their teams.
The survey, developed by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) Coordinating Centre, is a great way of getting feedback from participants and is now open all year round. Research staff are recommended to give participants the opportunity to feedback on their experience at a specific point on a trial or at the end of their trial, by asking them to complete the survey online or by giving them the paper survey.
Feedback from PRES is already helping research teams to improve research delivery in the future and ensure a positive experience for participants. As teams have found, feedback also helps them understand what they are doing well and share these successes with staff. Responses from the ongoing survey are regularly shared with study teams to enable real-time analysis and improvements to practice.
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As well as online and paper versions of the survey, staff can offer an easy read version and a version for people with visual impairment. There are versions for different age groups of children.
You can also display posters for waiting rooms and clinics to let participants know about the survey. To request a poster email Marivic Ricamara on marivic.ricamara@nhs.net.
To find out more and access support materials go to the North Thames CRN web pages.
Click on the following to see the different versions of the surveys online
Online survey for ADULTS and over 16s
Online survey for children 0-6 years old
Online survey for children 7-11 years old
Online survey for children 12-15 years old
For copies of stick-and-fold copies of the survey, email ppie.crnnorththames@nihr.ac.uk.
