Newcastle University

Introduction

That's me collecting my gold medal at the Scottish Indoor Rowing Championship in 2007.

Projects

• A pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Collaborative cARE for people with DEMentia in primary care (CARE-DEM trial).
  Project Leader(s): Professor Louise Robinson
• Development and Assessment of Services for Hyper-acute Stroke (DASH): Objective IV
  Project Leader(s): Professor Gary Ford and Dr Chris Price
• LIFELAX - Diet and lifestyle in the management of constipation in older people (ISRCTN7388134)
  Project Leader(s): Elaine McColl

• Eccles M, Whitty P, Speed C, Steen I, Vanoli A, Hawthorne G, Grimshaw J, Wood L, McDowell D. A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of a Diabetes REcall and Management system: The DREAM trial. Implementation Science 2007, 2(6).
• Lake AA, Speed C, Brookes AL, Heaven BRJ, Adamson AJ, Moynihan PJ, Corbett SS, McColl EMM. Development of a series of patient information leaflets for constipation using a range of cognitive interview techniques: LIFELAX. BMC Health Services Research 2007, 7(3).
• Bond J, Wilson J, Eccles M, Vanoli A, Steen N, Clarke R, Zarod A, Lock C, Brittain K, Speed C, Rousseau N. Protocol for north of England and Scotland study of tonsillectomy and adeno-tonsillectomy in children (NESSTAC). A pragmatic randomised controlled trial comparing surgical intervention with conventional medical treatment in children with recurrent sore throats. BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders 2006,6 1 13.
• Speed C, McColl E, Welfare M. A patient centred approach to measuring the impact of faecal incontinence in IBD. In: Annual Meeting of the British Society of Gastroenterology.2004,Glasgow, Scotland:Gut: BMJ Publishing Group
• Lake AA, Brookes AL, Speed C, Corbett SS, Moynihan PJ, Adamson AJ. Development of patient information leaflets for constipation using a range of cognitive interviewing techniques: LIFELAX. In: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 2004, Dublin: Cambridge University Press.
• Whitty P, Eccles MP, Hawthorne G, Steen N, Vanoli A, Grimshaw JM, Wood L, Speed C, McDowell D. Improving services for people with diabetes: Lessons from setting up the DREAM trial. Practical Diabetes International 2004,21 9 323-328.
• Speed C, McColl E, Welfare MR. The construction and preliminary validation of a scale to measure faecal incontinence in inflammatory bowel disease. In: 10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL). 2003, Prague, Czech Republic: Quality of Life Research: Springer.
• Speed C, On behalf of the QoLiFI Research Team. Quality of life of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients who have experienced faecal incontinence: a patient-centred approach. In: 9th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL). 2002, Orlando, Florida: Quality of Life Research: Springer.