East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Recent technological innovations have enabled the creation of portable and easy-to-wear sensors with incredible potential to alter the clinical practice of rehabilitation. Using wearable sensors we have gathered preliminary data in the clinical setting measuring walking ability and function. Preliminary data shows that these wearable sensors can detect improvements in walking ability and function after a 12-week physiotherapy exercise programme in boys with haemophilia. In this proposal, we want to test the use of these wearable sensors in the patient's home to remotely monitor joint health and the effects of rehabilitation for people with haemophilia. We expect that wearable sensor technology is an efficient and promising tool to evaluate and monitor joint health and pain in persons with haemophilia. If usable in the home setting, the wearable sensors have the potential to provide immediate real-time feedback on joint health and rehabilitation goals to the patient and their haemophilia care team without the patient having to leave their home. The project will also support educational activities with researchers and patients to ensure that the use of this new type of rehabilitation will be fully integrated with their future treatment and management.

The goal of this prospective observational study is to explore the role of the gut microbiome in patients with gallstone disease.
The main question[s] it aims to answer are:
if there is a relationship between the gut microbiome and the development of complications associated with gallstone disease (such as pancreatitis and acute cholecystitis)
if there are changes in the gut microbiome following cholecystectomy and the relationship with patient outcomes.
Participants will be asked to provide stool samples at fixed time points (recruitment, pre- and post-cholecystectomy if applicable and at 6 months and 3 years. They will also be asked to provide stool samples if they represent to hospital with complications associated with their gallstone disease.

1 in 7 infants born in the United Kingdom will require treatment on a Neonatal unit to treat conditions, which vary in there level of severity. Treatments and interventions aimed at supporting the unwell neonate have associated risks and the evidence underpinning them can range from limited to substantial. There is a degree of uncertainty in Neonatology, which can be very stressful for parents and clinicians alike. Parents need to be supported by the clinical team in making many complicated clinical decisions, a skill that requires robust communication of risks, benefits and alternatives.
In 2019 the British Association of Perinatal Medicine released a framework of care advocating Shared Decision Making (SDM) as the optimal process for making clinical decisions on neonatal units. This model builds upon the "informed decision" models by putting a greater emphasis on involving parents in key decisions regarding the treatment of their babies medical condition. Evidence has demonstrated that SDM can improve parental satisfaction and reduce anxiety and the likelihood of feeling regret.
In order to support parents in the SDM process, clinicians need to be able to provide impartial information encompassing the proposed intervention, intended benefit, potential risks and alternatives. Whilst clinicians may have preconceptions on the information that they think should be provided, there is limited evidence in the literature of what are the most important concepts and themes that parents would expect to be conveyed during the SDM process.
ShAPE is a qualitative study that aims to