(SPOT)light

Here is the latest  version (1.1) of the short data collection form.  Feel free to download – and please let us know how you are getting on with it when you have a moment.

I thought you might like to know how we are doing with site recruitment.  As of this morning, we have 35 sites that are going through R&D approval of which 3 have received approval.  We have expressions of interest from another 28 sites so we are on target for our 50 site goal.

Thanks to everyone for their help and patience with the study registration process.  The secure online web portal should go live during the second week of October when we should start patient recruitment.  I will keep post here when we have our first patient recruited!

Thanks to the Lesley Durham at the North of England Critical Care Network, and Stephen Wright at the Freeman we will be holding a training session in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.  They have kindly agreed that other teams participating in (SPOT)light might attend if the geography or timing are convenient.  Spaces will be limited however.

We are still finalising the details of the timing (afternoon likely) and location but will post a registration form and programme as soon as we can.

Any questions please email us at spot@icnarc.org.

We will be holding a training at the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre at 2pm on October 6.  Follow the links to download a programme or a registration form.  If you have any questions then please contact us at spot@icnarc.org.

Nice review article!

Should we be entering the details of patients who are managed by outreach/anaesthetics who are then transferred to another hospital?

Yes please!  Please enter these patients into (SPOT)light.  You will need to make a note in the free text box that the critical care admission has been outside of your hospital.  If possible ask the other unit for the CMP number to help us with tracing that patient.

Dear (SPOT)light colleague

I am writing to let you know that we have two new training dates for the (SPOT)light study.

(1) 2.00 pm on August 12 @ ICNARC (Central London)

(2) 1.30pm on September 8 @ Hatfield Hall (Wakefield near Leeds)

For further details or a registration form then please e-mail us at spot@icnarc.org.

Other updates are available at the study blog (www.spotlightstudy.org) but in brief we are making great progress.  We have now received approval to link patient data to determine 90 day survival.  We have started submitting local SSI forms for 40 hospitals, and currently have another 60 sites who have expressed interest.

Fingers crossed we’ll see you at one of the training days in the near future.

Steve

(on behalf of the SPOT(light) study team)

We have two new provisional dates for training for (SPOT)light.

August 12 – afternoon @ the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre

September 8 – afternoon @ Hatfield Hall (Leeds area)

Please e-mail us (spot@icnarc.org) if you are interested in either.  If the time and place doesn’t suit then please let us know, or better still get in contact if you would like to help us organise training in your region.

We have filled the training day on July 13.  We are polling for dates in August – just follow this link  and let us know which dates you might be able to attend.  There are also early plans for a training day in the north of England in September.