The NPEU is a multi-disciplinary research unit which was established at the University of Oxford in 1978.
Our mission is to conduct methodologically rigorous research to provide evidence to improve the care provided to women, babies and families during pregnancy, childbirth, the newborn period and early childhood as well as promoting the effective use of resources by perinatal health services
We are very happy to announce that the FROSTTIE trial has its first recruits!
Fantastic work by Luisa, Louise, and Ashish, the team carrying out the trial at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, for recruiting the first four participants within a week… Very well done team.
FROSTTIE is a randomised controlled trial investigating whether a frenotomy with breastfeeding support, or breastfeeding support on its own, helps mothers and their babies to breastfeed.
For more information please contact the FROSTTIE team at the NPEU Clinical Trials Unit – frosttie@npeu.ox.ac.uk
The Policy Research Unit in Maternal Health and Care (PRU-MHC) was established in 2010 with funding from the Department of Health and encompasses such projects as:
The NPEU Clinical Trials Unit (NPEU CTU) is a fully registered UKCRC Clinical Trials Unit and typically runs a number of large multi-centre Randomised Controlled Trials, such as:
The NPEU also conducts Social Sciences, Health Economics and Epidemiological Research (SHEER) which includes on-going influential studies such as: