Following TRUST's first call for outline research proposals, the following research development groups have been established to take these proposals forward with TRUST support:

RDG 1: Evaluation of emergency out of hours care.
This group is developing a proposal for a service evaluation that will build a platform for further research.
TRUST contact: Marie Thomas

RDG 2: Competencies within the ambulance service.
This group, which has now been named EURECCA (Emergency and Unscheduled Research for Clinical Competencies Alliance), is developing research into professional competencies. Two proposals are currently underway; one to research the use of the Ottawa ankle rule in the prehospital field and the other to carry out qualitative research to identify generic competencies among paramedics.
TRUST contact: Richard Whitfield

RDG 3: Emergency care pathways for patients with mental health problems
This group is working on a proposal to investigate how emergency care practitioners deal with people who self harm. This work is being undertaken in collaboration with the Mental Research Health Network Cymru.
TRUST contact: Marie Thomas

RDG 4: Access and Interpretation
This group is developing proposals to explore access for socially disadvantaged groups within emergency and unscheduled care.
TRUST contact: Marie Thomas

RDG 5: HTA falls proposal
This group is working on a research proposal for a trial to examine the impact of new services on outcomes for older people that fall and dial 999.
TRUST contact: Marie Thomas

RDG 6: Computerised Clinical Decision Support (CCDS)
This group has emerged since the TRUST 2007 workshop and is investigating the costs, benefits and safety of hand-held computerised clinical decision support (CDS) technology to support the on-scene assessment and management of patients who have called the emergency ambulance service with problems that may not require acute hospital based care?
TRUST contact:Moira Morgan