For those of you who are currently taking part in a study, or have taken part in one in the past, you will know who we are, where we are and, to some extent, what’s involved. For those of you who have given your name for the database but have not gone further in the system, here’s a little bit of information to try to answer some of the more common questions.

There are a team of us working on Clinical Trials. Caroline Wright is the Manager, Rachel Thompson and Jenny Jackson are Research Associates. The Unit is part of the Respiratory ‘arm’ of the Division of Academic Medicine at Castle Hill Hospital, headed by Professor Alyn Morice. The Department includes a team of doctors: Dr Mulrennan, Dr Everett and Dr Hogg. We all work for the University of Hull or the Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. If you want to know more about us please visit our homepage www.hull.ac.uk/pgmi/.