Malta-based 6PM has signed an agreement with West London Mental Health Trust (WLMHT) and entered into a partnership to develop a Dementia research database.

This new and innovative solution will enable clinical staff and carers to ensure they are easily able to identify patients that are both suitable and would welcome the opportunity to participate in research studies.

The database will be used as a recruitment and management tool for any UKCRN Research study.

The proposed system is a register of people, grouped together on the basis of their clinical/mental conditions.

The register will hold details for patients assembled through community organisations and service structures as well as through specialist services.

Patients and their carers who have consented to participate and are willing to be approached for their involvement in these research studies will have their demographic and basic clinical details held on the patient register application. They may then be approached to be involved in a variety of clinical research projects (cohort studies, intervention studies and other epidemiological enquiries), all of which will be subjected to separate ethics approval, R&D registration and consent.

The Patient Register will be able to promote a greater number of patients and carers to be eligible for research and ensure patients get the best possible cutting edge care for their condition.