Award winning research
Our research team were awarded Primary Care Research Team of the Year at the 2023 North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards! The team was recognised for how they deliver research and for making more research opportunities available to the local community.
The research team have also been:
- Chosen as a finalist for the Innovation in Workforce Culture Award at the North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards 2025
- Commended by the Royal College of General Practitioners and NIHR Clinical Research Network in 2023
- Shortlisted for Research Delivery Team of the Year at the North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards in 2022
- Awarded a Certificate of Achievement by the National Institute for Health and Care Research for their contributions to NHS research studies
We are a ‘research active’ practice which means we take part in a wide range of studies. As of August 2019, LMP has been officially granted Research Ready accreditation to reflect our commitment to high quality research. Research helps to enhance knowledge on how to treat conditions, prevent illnesses and form the best care across society and within the NHS. Volunteering to get involved may mean filling in questionnaires, surveys, talking to one of the research team, or trialling a new treatment or drug.
Our base is at the University site, but we are active across all sites. We are a small team but growing, and want to get as many patients involved in research as possible.
A strict code of conduct is at the heart of all of our work to make sure data is always confidential.
More information on the GDPR guidelines that we follow.
If you would like to talk to one of our research nurses about participating in a study, or have a query about research, you can call 01524 238150 and select Option 9.
You can also find out more information about research at the National Institute for Health Research website.
Active Studies
DaRe2THINK
DaRe2THINK is a transformational project that will test a new way of running clinical trials at General Practices in the NHS.
GLAD
The Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression (GLAD) Study is a project set up to support studies exploring risk factors for depression and/or anxiety.
MOVESMART
The study aims to find out if the MOVESMART exercise programme helps psoriasis and other conditions linked with psoriasis.
Acne Care Online
The Acne Care Online programme aims to create and test an online toolkit to support young people effectively treat their acne.
Indigo Survey
The Indigo survey is for all people who have been diagnosed with cancer at any time in their adult life.
Snacktivity
To help people increase their physical activity. For more information contact the Research department directly on:
Swell study aims to help young people learn wellbeing skills through an online CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) group program, while also receiving support for parents with depressive symptoms.
Follow-up
We are not recruiting into follow-up studies.
Published Findings
Here you can see the published findings for the studies that Lancaster Medical Practice have taken part in.
All Heart
60 of our patients took part in this study from 2017-2021 which aimed to determine whether allopurinol therapy improves major cardiovascular outcomes in patients with ischaemic heart disease.
The study concluded: In this large, randomised clinical trial in patients aged 60 years or older with ischaemic heart disease but no history of gout, there was no difference in the primary outcome of non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke, or cardiovascular death between participants randomised to allopurinol therapy and those randomised to usual care.
Read the full research article
BICS Study
The study concluded: this randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of 515 people with COPD, the number of exacerbations requiring treatment with oral corticosteroids, antibiotics, or both did not differ significantly with use of bisoprolol (mean exacerbations, 2.03/y) vs placebo (mean exacerbations, 2.01/y).
The SupportBack 2 RCT
The study concluded: The SupportBack internet intervention had a limited impact on LBP-related disability across 12 months. However, secondary analysis did suggest that some will benefit from this approach, and it is safe.
Read the full research article
Page last reviewed: April 29th, 2025
Next review due: August 3rd, 2026