1. Dunfermline Group
What is it and how could it help you?

2. Dunfermline Group?
Formed in 2004, meet quarterly
Membership comprises the Scottish non university teaching
hospital Health Boards and Special Health Boards – Ayrshire
and Arran, Borders, Dumfries & Galloway, Fife, Forth Valley,
Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Highland, Lanarkshire, The
State Hospital
Function
Development of research capacity and capability
Provision of peer support
Pooling of knowledge and expertise
Promotion of good practice within Research Governance
and Management

3. Importance Approximately 2.3 Million – 43% of the population live in
these Health Boards
Naive study populations
Research Capacity and Capability – Interested active clinicians

4. Resources 3 Clinical Research facilities
NHS Fife, Highland and Golden Jubilee National Hospital
Access to clinical space in the other Board areas
Experienced and established R&D teams with proven track
record of delivery, able to provide help and advice
navigating approvals processes  
Approximately 75 dedicated research nurses
Dedicated Pharmacy support
Access to Laboratory facilities

5. Expertise Prof Stephen Gillespie - Sir James Black Professor of
Medicine (St Andrews)
NRS Infectious Diseases Speciality Group Lead – NHS Fife 
Institute of Healthcare Policy and Practice (IHCPP) –
Infectious diseases/Infection research group - Partnership
between University of the West of Scotland and NHS
Ayrshire and Arran
Scottish National Lyme Borreliosis Testing Lab – NHS
Highland

6. Expertise
Prof Stephanie Dancer, Professor of Microbiology, Edinburgh Napier
University, and Consultant Microbiologist – NHS Lanarkshire
Dr Edward James,, Consultant Microbiologist, - C. Difficile, and
CAUTI infection - NHS Borders
Golden Jubilee National Hospital
National tertiary referral service for NHS Scotland – The Scottish
Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Interventional Cardiology, Advanced
Heart Failure, Anaesthetics/ Cardiac surgery/ Thoracic surgery,
Orthopaedic Surgery
The State Hospital

7. Activity European Space Agency for the pilot for LymeApp
(Demonstrator Stage) – NHS Highland
PoC diagnostics for infection - NHS Highland
Management of the diabetic foot using electrolysed water (E-
Water) – NHS Lanarkshire
Evaluation of Cost of Nosocomial Infection (ECONI) –
Socioeconomic Impact of HAI and modelling for
future investment in Infection Prevention and
Control measures in NHS Scotland – NHS Lanarkshire

8. Activity Cochrane Review – How effective are urinary catheter
washout solutions? – IHCPP
Hospital cleaning / reducing spread of infection – NHS
Lanarkshire
Developing a point of care testing for urinary samples – NHS
Fife

9. Next Stages Develop further research activity – Centres of Excellence
Leading national and international studies
Hosting studies
Training opportunities for our Staff – Masters, PhDs, Fellowships
Contact Details.