Research at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

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Research & Innovation is an integrated service at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, including hospital and community services at Salford Royal, The Royal Oldham Hospital, Fairfield General Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary

Prof Craig Smith, Dr Amit Kishore
The inpatient research team (left) and Mr Arfon Powell (right)
Greater Manchester Motor Neurone Disease Research Partnership. Friday 8 May 2026 (10am-1pm), The Events Centre, Oldham Athletic FC, Boundary Park (off Hibbert Avenue), Oldham, Greater Manchester OL2 5BL.(Free car park. Accessible toilets).Connect with others and have your voice heard.To register, please contact Sylvia Hinde 07768 430032
Prof Paul Dark
Dr Thomas McDonnell
Ruth Haas Eckersley
Dr Matthew Jones, Dr Rajiv Mohanraj
Dr Amy Woods with a slide showing the title of her presentation 2Well you're not disabled are you?" - a qualitative study on hidden disability in chronic intestinal failure
Saba Raza-Knight
Prof Adrian Parry-Jones
Winter wellness for families. Learn how to keep your family safe, warm and active all season long. Enjoy helpful advice, health resources and fun children's activities! Tuesday 28 October 2025, 11am-1pm, Werneth Park Lifelong Learning Centre, Oldham, OL8 1RB> Join us for a winter wellbeing session and discover community support and activities for all ages. Try VR experiences for young people, browse free clothing at Reel Rack and get jobs advice from Get Oldham Working. Speak with the Citizens Advice Bureau about debt, energy and benefits and access Pension Credit information or police safety tips. Learn about social prescribing, Genes and Health outreach, and stay active with Oldham Active. Children's health advice may also be available from the school nurse and health visitor. Free refreshments available.
Professor Darren Green
Rumbi Gore, Danyal Mohammed
An operating theatre
Dr Zenas Yiu
Melissa Drake
Professors Tina Chrysochou, Tina Karabatsou and Kanna Gnanalingham
Dr Katherine Dodd
Dr Mark Farrar
Danyal and Portia at Oldham Sixth Form College
Kandeel Batool receives her award from Dr Mohammed Iqbal
Liam Walker
Fiona wearing a red top and holding a #Red4Research placard with the number 17
Deputy head of research Helen wearing a red dress and holding a Red4Research sign with the number 12
Research administrator Mary Gieschen-Krische wearing a red top and holding a Red4Research sign with the number 24
Research manager Rowen wearing a red top and holding a Red4Research sign saying 97.3%
Adam Lounsbach wearing a red shirt and holding a #Red4Research sign with the number 13
The colorectal clinical nursing team
IMPROVING BLACK HEALTH OUTCOMES. Improving Black Health Outcomes (IBHO) BioResource. Volunteer for research to help better understand health conditions and their unique impacts on Black communities. Contact us about taking part: community.research@nca.nhs.uk NIHR BioResource. Genomics England. Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
The community research team - Jenny, Rumbi & Danyal
Emma Hall adjusting laboratory equipment
Would you like to help develop a group for those who have sustained a spinal cord injury? We are interested in developing an outpatient group for individuals who have sustained a spinal cord injury (SCI). It is important to us that those with SCI are involved in the development of the group so it can be relevant and meaningful to our attendees. We would like to hear your opinions about groups you have attended, potential topics and helpful and unhelpful aspects of group. To contribute, please complete our short questionnaire. You can the QR code to access this. Alternatively you can follow the link below: https://forms.gle/9kcG9Mei2YoYMCMY8 For more information please contact roshae.postill@nca.nhs.uk (Trainee Clinical Psychologist)
Danyal Mohammed from the community research team with Karen from the glucose tolerance test clinic
Members of the haematology team
Jenny Mather, Rumbi Gore, Danyal Mohammed
Vikki O'Loughlin
Hands holding a phone
Conor Flood and his wife Elle ringing the bell to mark his last round of chemotherapy
Steph Mitchell, Jes Pendlebury
Colleagues from the neuro-oncology team
Lauren Lucas
Rochdale Borough Health Fair. Thursday 15 May 2025. 10.30am-1.30pm. Rochdale Town Hall. Speak to experts about services available across Rochdale borough to support your health and wellbeing. rochdale.gov.uk/YourEvents
Presenter Greg Foot
Steph Mitchell, Jes Pendlebury