The SPELL Study

Clinical effectiveness of a child-specific dynamic stretching programme, compared to usual care, for ambulant children with cerebral palsy. @NIHRresearch funded

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🌸 April updates from @TheSPELLStudy & @TheROBUSTStudy 🌸

🧹 Spring cleaning time! ISFs, CVs & GCPs!
📅 Site Investigator Meeting – 5 June
👏 Shoutout to Laine Donington
📊 Recruitment: SPELL 238 | ROBUST 174
Let’s keep the momentum going! 💪
#ClinicalResearch #NIHR

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@TheSPELLStudy has reached 2⃣3⃣4⃣ participants recruited! What a time for celebration 🥳

The countdown is on - with only 100 recruits to go!

@NIHRresearch @TheROBUSTStudy @ndorms

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🎉 Big news for SPELL & ROBUST! 🎉

✅ Recruitment extensions APPROVED!
📅 New end dates:
🔹 SPELL – 31Dec2026
🔹 ROBUST – 28Feb2027
We’re in the final stretch — let’s keep the momentum going! 💪

Plus:
👩‍⚕️ API Scheme
📊 Recruitment
💬 Our WhatsApp group
help us hit our targets!

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Our Feb 2026 Newsletter is out now! 🎉

Inside this issue:
🔎 Safety reporting tips
📝 Updates to the e-delegation log
✅ Helpful form & consent guidance
👋 A warm welcome to our newest ROBUST site!

@TheSPELLStudy @TheROBUSTStudy

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🎁 Watch out for our December updates from @TheSPELLStudy & @TheROBUSTStudy!

🎄 Christmas message from the team!
🔍 2024 overview
🚀 2025 plans & 2026 predictions
❓ Withdrawal form FAQs & more

Read now 👉

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🎉 @TheSPELLStudy & @TheROBUSTStudy November newsletter drop!

✔️ 200 participants reached in SPELL
✔️ Questionnaire optimisation updates
✔️ Our second anonymous shoutout
✔️ Plus more from SPELL & ROBUST
Catch up here 👇

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🎃Happy October Everyone!🎃 Check out our spooooky @TheSPELLStudy and @TheROBUSTStudy
Oct25 Newsletter! 👻

Check it out:

🖥️ Remote Consent & how it works!
📢 Our 1st anonymous shout-out
🫶…& loads more exciting stuff - come and take a look!

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🎉 Happy #AHPsDay2025!

Today we’re celebrating the vital role of Allied Health Professionals in driving research forward - including making the @TheSPELLStudy and @TheROBUSTStudy possible! 💙

Thank you Teams🙏

@NIHRresearch #AHPsDay #AHPsDay2025 @SITU_Oxford

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@OCTRUctu @NIHRresearch @TimTheologis @SITU_Oxford @RRIO_news @CLBarry5

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🌍Today is World Cerebral Palsy Day! A great time to celebrate all of the children, physios and researchers making the @TheSPELLStudy possible. A fantastic team effort to build the evidence base for physiotherapy for children with CP. #WorldCerebralPalsyDay

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Welcome to @LPTnhs as the 2⃣6⃣ th site to join @TheSPELLStudy !
🥳we're thrilled to have you on board and can't wait to get cracking!🥳

@OCTRUctu @SITU_Oxford @RRIO_news @TimTheologis

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☀️Sun’s out.. & so is @TheSPELLStudy and @TheROBUSTStudy Aug25 newsletter! ⛱️

Check it out👇
🏆 OCTRU Joint Trials of the Year - we won!
💡 Best practice tips
🎉 3 sites made their 1st recruits this month – fantastic work! 👏

…& lots more - take a read in the sunshine🌻

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Well done to the @NELFT team on recruiting their first participant into @TheSPELLStudy ‼️🥇 Absolutely smashing it North East London 😁

@SITU_Oxford @OCTRUctu @RRIO_news @TimTheologis @OCTRUctu

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Warm welcome to @K_and_R_NHS as the 2⃣5⃣th site to join @TheSPELLStudy 👋

🎉Congratulations - we're excited to have you on board and look forward to recruitment🪩

@TimTheologis @OCTRUctu @SITU_Oxford @RRIO_news

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🎉Major win for the @TheSPELLStudy & @TheROBUSTStudy team, who have won @OCTRUctu Joint Trials of the Year! 💫

Incredible recognition for all the hard work - so proud to be part of such a dedicated & inspiring team.🤗

👏A big thank you & well done to all our amazing sites too!

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Congratulations to the @NGHnhstrust team on recruiting their first participant into @TheSPELLStudy! 🥇

Absolutely brilliant work Northampton!🥳

@SITU_Oxford @OCTRUctu @RRIO_news @TimTheologis

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🥳A warm welcome to @MTWnhs, our newest site to join @TheSPELLStudy! 🥳

We're very excited to have you on board as our incredible 2⃣4⃣th site and can't wait to get properly stuck in👏

@TheROBUSTStudy @TimTheologis @NIHRresearch

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Is it June already?🙀 Better check out our June Newsletter! ☀️📷@TheSPELLStudy
@TheROBUSTStudy

There's so much to catch up on, including:

💬What happened at our Site Investigator Meeting
📈Isle of Wight reaching recruitment targets
🥳Celebrating ROBUST hit 100 participants!

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A big round of applause for @WhitHealth on recruiting their first SPELL participant! 👏🤗Here's to many more 🎉 - congrats team! @TheSPELLStudy

@SITU_Oxford @OCTRUctu @RRIO_news @TimTheologis

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.. & we're off!🚀Huge congratulations to the @OxfordHealthNHS team on recruiting their first participant into @TheSPELLStudy! 👏 great work team!

@SITU_Oxford @OCTRUctu @RRIO_news @TimTheologis