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Patient/population groups
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Funder: NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research Total: uSing rolE-substitutioN In care hOmes to improve oRal health (SENIOR) Amount: £1,419,138.75 Date: 01/10/2019 to 30/09/2023 Brocklehurst role: lead-applicant Funder: NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research Title: Study of the utilisation of Clinical skills Of dental nurses/hygienists/therapists working in Primary dental care: realism and Economic evaluation (SCOPE) Amount: £853,382 Date: 01/10/2025 to 30/09/2028 Brocklehurst role: co-applicant Funder: NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Title: HALT-colitis. A double blind randomised placebo controlled trial to assess the efficacy of using faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) at ulcerative colitis inception in the prevention of progression to advanced therapies at one year. Amount: £3,173,848.66 Date: 01/09/2025 to 31/08/2030 Brocklehurst role: co-applicant Funder: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme Title: Application Title Co-designing a framework to improve oral health equity in Lincolnshire's rural & coastal communities Amount: £199,968.43 Date: 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2028 Brocklehurst role: co-applicant Current PhD students Bangor: Ben Lewis: What are the workforce preferences for new graduate dentists in the NHS in Wales? Cardiff: Nicholas Rawlings: How are the pathways to referral for oral cancer in Wales? Cardiff: Columbus Ohaeri: What are the inequities in NHS service provision in Wales?
Project descriptions
Funder: NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research Total: uSing rolE-substitutioN In care hOmes to improve oRal health (SENIOR) Amount: £1,419,138.75 Date: 01/10/2019 to 30/09/2023 Brocklehurst role: lead-applicant Funder: NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research Title: Study of the utilisation of Clinical skills Of dental nurses/hygienists/therapists working in Primary dental care: realism and Economic evaluation (SCOPE) Amount: £853,382 Date: 01/10/2025 to 30/09/2028 Brocklehurst role: co-applicant Funder: NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Title: HALT-colitis. A double blind randomised placebo controlled trial to assess the efficacy of using faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) at ulcerative colitis inception in the prevention of progression to advanced therapies at one year. Amount: £3,173,848.66 Date: 01/09/2025 to 31/08/2030 Brocklehurst role: co-applicant Funder: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme Title: Application Title Co-designing a framework to improve oral health equity in Lincolnshire's rural & coastal communities Amount: £199,968.43 Date: 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2028 Brocklehurst role: co-applicant Current PhD students Bangor: Ben Lewis: What are the workforce preferences for new graduate dentists in the NHS in Wales? Cardiff: Nicholas Rawlings: How are the pathways to referral for oral cancer in Wales? Cardiff: Columbus Ohaeri: What are the inequities in NHS service provision in Wales?
Paul Brocklehurst is a NHS Consultant with Public Health Wales and an Honorary Professor at University College London and Cardiff University. He leads on oral health intelligence in Wales, including the Dental Epidemiology Programme. Prior to his role in Public Health Wales, he was the Deputy Chief Dental Officer for Wales and the Director of the Clinical Trials Unit in North Wales. He remains an active academic and to date has published over 120 papers, attracted over £13M in grant income and was on the 2021 REF panel. His research interests include care for older people, role-substitution, participatory research, trials in complex settings and implementation research. Brocklehurst is also the UK Scientific Advisor to the BASCD Dental Epidemiology Programme.
Research summary
Paul Brocklehurst is a NHS Consultant with Public Health Wales and an Honorary Professor at University College London and Cardiff University. He leads on oral health intelligence in Wales, including the Dental Epidemiology Programme. Prior to his role in Public Health Wales, he was the Deputy Chief Dental Officer for Wales and the Director of the Clinical Trials Unit in North Wales. He remains an active academic and to date has published over 120 papers, attracted over £13M in grant income and was on the 2021 REF panel. His research interests include care for older people, role-substitution, participatory research, trials in complex settings and implementation research. Brocklehurst is also the UK Scientific Advisor to the BASCD Dental Epidemiology Programme.