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13th November 2025 - More sites and participants

North Lincs and Central Cheshire, the two highest recruiting teams, are now neck and neck with 69 participants each. West Lancs are also recruiting well, having recruited 21 participants in their first 5 weeks. Thank you again to all of the PWPs at these sites for your commitment to the study, your recruitment numbers are fantastic and this is crucial for the study at this time. The total number of participants is 167.

There is more good news - two more teams were activated on 05/11/2025. These are York and Selby and North Yorkshire, within the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS FT. There are also a few more teams close to activation, which we look forward to announcing.

21st October 2025 - Over 100 participants

Recruitment is going well at sites, and there are now 105 participants in the trial. North Lincs Talking Therapies have had a very successful start to recruitment, enrolling 39 participants in the first 6 weeks. 3 more teams started recruitment on 02/10/2025 - Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and Rossendale, and West Lancashire (Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT). The study team are still recruiting sites, and there are a couple of sites close to activation. Thank you everyone for your work and involvement in the trial, we will keep you updated.

9th September 2025 - New sites

Yesterday, we activated North Lincs Talking Therapies (Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS FT) as the second site on the study, and they will begin recruitment shortly. We also trained another site, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT, on the 1st September. This site has three teams: Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and Rossendale, and West Lancashire, and we hope to have these activated soon. Recruitment for Central Cheshire Talking Therapies is ongoing, and there are now 34 participants on the trial.

12th August 2025 - Recruitment update

Thank you to the therapists and research staff for all of your work enrolling patients onto the trial. With just one team, 24 participants have been recruited in the first month.

10th July 2025 - Off the mark!

The first trial participants have been recruited - there are now 2 participants in the trial.

8th July 2025 - First site activated

We are very pleased to announce that the first trial site has been activated and recruitment can begin. We are working with other trial sites to get them set up and ready to start recruiting.

27th June 2025 - Trial activated

With the StratCare app finalised and other checks and approvals in place, the trial has been activated and we can start to activate trial sites.

18th September 2024 - Ethics approval granted

The trial protocol has been reviewed and approved by the London - Brighton and Sussex Research Ethics Committee (ref 24/LO/0576). We are now working to recruit Talking Therapies teams into the trial.

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