Manchester University Researcher Recognised With Award After Creating Life Saving Treatment After Brain Haemorrhage.
- Diana Campbell
- Nov 5, 2023
- 3 min read
Dr Adrian Parry-Jones, a researcher The Univerisity of Manchester, has been awarded the award for ‘Research of the Year’ by The NR Times.
The NR Times, a magazine for the Neuro Science Industry, recognised Dr Parry-Jones’ outstanding research into improved brain haemorrage treatment, The ABC Bundle, which is now being rolled out across the UK and showing to improve survival rates by a third.
When The Natalie Kate Moss Trust first approached The University of Manchester in 2012 to see if there was any work that we could support, there was little to no research being done into Haemorrhagic Stroke (brain haemorrhages), with their main focus at that time being on Ischemic Stroke.
(To find out more about brain haemorrhages and strokes click here).
“After meeting with The Moss Family and hearing their desire to do something positive in memory of Natalie we were inspired to put more focus on studying brain haemorrhage and as a result of this focus, increased funding from NKMT has grown YoY, so to have we been able to grow our team, capacity and resources.
The donations made by the Natalie Kate Moss Trust over the last decade, have not only allowed us at Manchester University to fund more researchers, increase our capacity, enable more collaboration, but also leverage further funding, ultimately supporting developments in our research.”
Professor Stuart Allan - The University of Manchester
The ABC Bundle
Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH), where bleeding occurs within the brain tissue, is a life-threatening type of stroke affecting over 10,000 people in the UK each year. (Find out more about Brain Haemorrhages and their causes). Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has the worst outcomes of all stroke subtypes, with a case fatality at 1 month of 30 to 40% and only 20% regaining independence. (Source: National Library of Medicine).
In truly ground-breaking research, Dr Adrian Parry-Jones (a Consultant Vascular Neurologist at Salford Royal and researcher at the University of Manchester) has developed a new approach to manage ICH patients in hospital, the ABC care bundle.
When implemented at Salford Royal the ABC bundle reduced mortality at 1 month by a third. The ABC bundle is now being used in hospitals across the North of England with the hope that it will be rolled out as standard treatment across the country for brain haemorrhage this year.
The bundle consists of guideline-recommended interventions based on our research.
A - Rapid Anticoagulant reversing - to enable to the blood to clot to prevent further bleeding.
B - Intensive Blood pressure lowering
C - A Care pathway for prompt neurosurgical referral
What is important with each step of the ABC bundle is time and the sooner someone can be treated the better their outcome is likelier to be. Know the signs of a haemorrhagic stroke.
This amazing breakthrough, has rightly been recognised by Industry magazine NR Times in their 2023 Awards ceremony this October as ‘Research of the Year’.
The Prevent the Preventable Podcast
Listen to the Prevent the Prevntable podcast to learn more about the ABC bundle and listen to Professor Adrian Parry-Jones discuss Brain Haemorrhages and answer common questions about the subject e.g. are they hereditary, what causes them, who is
more likely to have one etc.
Will you help us to create more life saving treatments?
In addition to these significant steps in the Research, in the last 3 years, The University of Manchester has also developed The Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre - a centre of excellence for brain research with the vision to combine discovery science and experimental medicine to rapidly translate our research into healthcare benefit. The establishment of this centre is a clear marker of the major developments at the University in Neuro research and creates a fantastic environment to develop leading talent in this industry and ultimately support further ground breaking research, such as that of Dr Adrian Parry-Jones, and save more lives from brain Haemorrhage.
This year our focus is raising enough funds to pay for an entire year of research – as well as support the amazing new ABC programme that will hopefully be rolling out across the country in 2025.
You can make a huge difference to future treatments and outcomes for people who experience brain haemorrhages – £9.38 (less than a tenner!) is enough to pay for a full hour of research on a vital project exploring how to support people in their speech rehabilitation after a stroke for patients like Aubrey.
