Recently, Oxford Academic Health Partners (OAHP) published a case study about the Brain Health Centre.
The Oxford Brain Heath Centre is an integrated research and clinical environment dedicated to preparing clinical services for the 21st century to preserve brain health. The clinic was launched in August 2020, as a pilot, to improve the assessment and diagnosis of memory problems. The clinic aims to bridge the gap between dementia research and NHS care by offering an advanced suite of high-quality assessments for patients at risk of, or with early signs of, dementia. By cleverly integrating teams of researchers with clinicians in a patient-friendly environment, the clinic can offer assessments not typically available to NHS patients.
Each patient is offered a choice about how they might like to take part in research in a way that makes saying “yes” as easy as possible. More than 90% of patients say they are happy for their data to be used in research, over 80% agree to participate in additional assessments for research purposes while they are in the building, and over 70% sign up to be contacted about future research.
These extremely high rates of consent are a stark contrast to the national average of around 10% for dementia patients, proving that the model of integrating advanced health assessments in a streamlined NHS pathway can deliver a rich and continuous stream of patients for research.
Read the case study in full on the OAHP website.
