Our third 🍞TOAST 🍞recruiting site - Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, Brighton is now open to recruitment! Welcome to TOAST Study! @npeu-ctu.bsky.social @npeu-oxford.bsky.social

The @toast-study.bsky.social Trial Manager is at REaSoN Neonatal Conference today - come and say 'Hello!' 👋at the @npeu-ctu.bsky.social stand to hear about our current and upcoming trials. @npeu-oxford.bsky.social

The @toast-study.bsky.social Chief Investigator gives a 90-second overview of the study, including motivations and hopes for neonatal surgical trials in the future @tofs-uk.bsky.social

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@TOAST_Study looks at whether antacid medication is useful for babies born with a rare condition, oesophageal atresia. It is one of only a few clinical trials in neonatal surgery. Prof. Nigel Hall shares the motivation for the study. www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/toast

Today on #InternationalNursesDay, we’re celebrating nurses – not only in delivering outstanding care but also in fostering and leading research. Pip, our research nurse @npeu-ctu.bsky.social, shares her EMPOWER framework on creating a research centric unit. Read the full article here bit.ly/4tZbB4o

Today on #IDM2026 we celebrate midwives. At @npeu-ctu.bsky.social, we’re proud to support their work through research to improve neonatal outcomes. Our research nurse, Pip, shares her views on building a research centric neonatal unit. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4tZbB4o #InternationalDayOfTheMidwife

More🍞TOAST 🍞Document boxes are queued up ready to send to our next recruiting sites - keep an eye 👀for news of more recruitment locations, coming soon! @npeu-ctu.bsky.social @npeu-oxford.bsky.social @tofs-uk.bsky.social

The 🥇st baby has been recruited to TOAST Study! 🍞🎉 Our heartfelt thanks to the family for taking part, and to the team at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff @cavuhb.bsky.social @npeu-ctu.bsky.social @npeu-oxford.bsky.social @tofs-uk.bsky.social

We have now opened our second 🍞TOAST 🍞recruiting site - Noah's Ark Childrens Hospital, University Hospital of Wales! Welcome to TOAST Study! @cavuhb.bsky.social @npeu-ctu.bsky.social @npeu-oxford.bsky.social @tofs-uk.bsky.social

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Welcome to our first 🍞TOAST 🍞recruiting site - Southampton Children's Hospital! It's great to have you on board! 👋 @uhsft.bsky.social @npeu-ctu.bsky.social @npeu-oxford.bsky.social @tofs-uk.bsky.social

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🍞TOAST Study is now open to recruitment 🍞 See the news article on our website for more information 👀 www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/toast/whats-... @npeu-ctu.bsky.social @npeu-oxford.bsky.social @tofs-uk.bsky.social

🍞TOAST Study is now open to recruitment🍞 See the news article on our website for more information 👀 www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/toast/whats-... @npeu-ctu.bsky.social @npeu-oxford.bsky.social @tofs-uk.bsky.social

🎉🍞TOAST Study is open to recruitment! 🍞🎉 For more information, see www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/toast @npeu-ctu.bsky.social @npeu-oxford.bsky.social @tofs-uk.bsky.social @nigeljhall.bsky.social @iainyardley.bsky.social

Today on #RareDiseaseDay 2026 we’d like to raise awareness of those affected by rare conditions across the world. OA/TOF is more common than many people realise, the @toast-study.bsky.social is opening to recruitment soon, and is aiming to improve care for these babies.

🍞TOAST Study 🍞has now received Study Greenlight from @npeu-ctu.bsky.social @npeu-oxford.bsky.social 🚦Our systems are ready - watch this space - recruiting sites, coming soon! @nigeljhall.bsky.social @iainyardley.bsky.social For more information - npeu.ox.ac.uk/toast

Thank you to all who joined us for 🍞TOAST Collaborators' Day in Birmingham! We hope you enjoyed learning about the study rationale, protocol and logistics in preparation for recruitment (coming soon!) @npeu-ctu.bsky.social @nigeljhall.bsky.social @iainyardley.bsky.social @npeu-oxford.bsky.social

The TOAST Trial Manager is running the @npeu-ctu.bsky.social stand at @neonatalupdate.bsky.social today - do come and say hello 👋 and talk about our NPEU trials! @npeu-oxford.bsky.social @basetrial.bsky.social @themamastudy.bsky.social @neogastrictrial.bsky.social @bobbistudy.bsky.social

📢The NPEU Clinical Trials Unit is here at the BAPM conference today 👋 Find us on the way to the poster room. Do come by and have a chat and find out about our trials #BAPMtogether @bapmofficial.bsky.social @npeu-oxford.bsky.social @npeu-ctu.bsky.social

🍞TOAST Study has received regulatory approvals! 🍞 We have now commenced site set-up, and will open 12-15 UK specialist neonatal surgical units to recruitment from November 2025. For more information - npeu.ox.ac.uk/toast @npeu-ctu.bsky.social @npeu-oxford.bsky.social @nigeljhall.bsky.social

Did you have a baby that had meningitis in their first 3 months of life? We're inviting parents to join a research advisory group to help guide and design a new study about babies with bacterial meningitis. If you're interested in taking part or have any questions, please get in touch.

The BOBBi study is being set up at the NPEU CTU! A NIHR funded research study looking at the use of steroids to treat bacterial meningitis in babies under 3 months old. Recruitment is due to start in Summer 2026. @npeu-ctu.bsky.social @npeu-oxford.bsky.social

Happy International #ClinicalTrialsDay! #CTD2025 At the NPEU CTU, we run clinical trials about pregnancy, childbirth and the neonatal period. 🫄 Watch our video below to see what we're working on! 👇 @npeu-oxford.bsky.social

📢We are developing a new study looking at treatments that may help improve care for Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE).📢 If you have a child who received cooling therapy for HIE and are interested in taking part in an online focus group please get in touch. @npeu-oxford.bsky.social

A national survey has been launched to identify the top research priorities in perinatal mental health. Find out more: prioritiseperinatal.co.uk

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Launching today! Please take a look 👀

In celebration of #IDM2025 & #IND2025 this year, we asked for nominations of midwives & nurses who’ve gone the extra mile.💙Watch our video to see the final set of nominations! Huge thanks from all of us at @npeu-oxford.bsky.social @neogastrictrial.bsky.social @themamastudy.bsky.social

In celebration of #IDM2025 & #IND2025 this year, we asked for nominations of midwives & nurses who’ve gone the extra mile.💙 Watch our video to see the second round of nominations! Huge thanks from all of us at @npeu-ctu.bsky.social for your hard work and dedication! 👏 @npeu-oxford.bsky.social

In celebration of #IDM2025 & #IND2025 this year, we asked for nominations of midwives & nurses who’ve gone the extra mile.💙 Watch our video to see the first round of nominations! Huge thanks from all of us at @npeu-ctu.bsky.social for your hard work and dedication! 👏 @npeu-oxford.bsky.social

The SurfON Trial Recruitment Successfully Concludes - a final total of 1515 participants 🥰 A huge well done to everyone that has made this trial possible 👏🎉

We're celebrating International Midwives Day & International Nurses Day 2025 at @npeu-ctu.bsky.social! Thank you to all the amazing midwives and nurses who support our trials — we couldn’t do it without you!👏 #IDM2025 #IND2025 @npeu-oxford.bsky.social Look out for our videos over the next 2 weeks📷

It’s been a busy start to the year with the DOLFIN and SurfON trials both completing recruiting 👏🎉 and our new trial @themamastudy.bsky.social launching 🚀 You can find more details of our recruiting trials here bit.ly/NPEUCTU_Trials @npeu-oxford.bsky.social @neogastrictrial.bsky.social

We’re excited to share that recruitment for the DOLFIN study is now complete! Read the full article here: bit.ly/DOLFIN_Complete A huge thank you to everyone involved for your amazing teamwork and support. @npeu-oxford.bsky.social

We’re excited to share that recruitment for the DOLFIN study is now complete! | DOLFIN | NPEU

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