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MATCH study

Posted By aurigabe37

"MATCH study"

About: Ninewells Hospital

(as a service user),

I was contacted about taking part in a study. the study involved giving a blood sample to see if I have produced antibodies to COVID-19, this sparked my interest as I am sure my wife had the symptoms however she received a negative test. also I was happy to take part in research to further the understanding of the disease. the paperwork sent seemed to imply I would be given the result that same day however when giving the sample I was told it would be around two weeks. at that time I felt disappointed however just accepted this as it was. it has now been over four weeks since I participated and gave my time and blood and still no result. as I wait I hear from colleagues that the time told for them to receive their result has been increasing and is now around 6 weeks wait.

My issue is that when studies like this are organised and the results are not forthcoming, it seems as if the participants are forgotten about once the blood sample has been taken, and no effort is being spent in providing long awaited results. more must be done to provide the results in a timely manner or give accurate waiting times for the results.

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Response from Debbie Baldie, Senior Nurse, Practice Development, Nursing and Midwifery Directorate, NHS Tayside 3 years ago
Debbie Baldie
Senior Nurse, Practice Development, Nursing and Midwifery Directorate,
NHS Tayside

I work with senior nurses to improve care standards through providing training and support

Submitted on 19/08/2020 at 11:41
Published on Care Opinion at 14:27

Thank you for this feedback and for participating in this important research project. We are very sorry you have been waiting for several weeks for the test result. As antibody testing is not something that is currently offered in NHS Scotland, part of the purpose of the MATCH study is to prove that the test works. Once we know that the test is working properly we are able to provide test results to participants like yourself. It has been difficult from the beginning of the study to give an exact timescale for this and I am sorry that the information you received suggested a fixed a time frame to you.

We have just released a large number of results and will be releasing more results over the coming few weeks. I want to reassure you that we take this feedback very seriously and are committed to providing participants with results are quickly as possible. We also take seriously our responsibility to provide accurate results and the NHS Immunology and virology labs have worked extremely hard to provide this project for our staff on top of their busy clinical workload.

If you wish to contact the study team directly we would be happy to provide your result as quickly as possible. I want to thank you again for supporting this important research project. If you have further feedback or want advice from the project team you can contact us on: tay-uhb.matchstudyresponse@nhs.net

Professor James Chalmers, on behalf of the MATCH study team

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