Received a letter?

You may have received a letter from your GP informing you about this study.
EVIDENCE is a new way of comparing the safety and effectiveness of two very similar medications that are commonly used for high blood pressure. It works by assigning GP practices to follow a prescribing policy. Doctors in participating practices use the assigned policy to guide their prescribing choices and, where clinically appropriate, patients have their regular medications altered in-line with the policy. Routinely collected NHS data will be used to compare the safety and effectiveness of the medications so that, in future, doctors and patients have all the information they need to make the best treatment choices.
If you would like to know more about the EVIDENCE study, please email evidence@dundee.ac.uk or call the EVIDENCE team on 0800 9173509.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I continue to take my old medicine as well as my new medicine?
What happens if I get any problems?
Need to get in touch?
By Post
EVIDENCE Study,
MEMO Research, Level 7,
Ninewells Hospital and Medical School,
Dundee, UK,
DD2 1GZ
By Phone
01382 383119
Monday to Friday
8.45am to 5.00pm
Resources
For more detailed information about the study, please click the link below to open the Patient Information Sheet for this study. Please also feel free to visit the NHS "Changing Your Medication" and NICE guidelines links below. On those pages, you will find official NHS policy on changing existing prescriptions for taking part in studies, and the guidelines that we adhere to for this type of reasearch.



The team
Here to help you

Angela Flynn
Study pharmacist responsible for implementing the study in GP practices. She also provides training for other pharmacists throughout Scotland.

Dr Alex Doney
Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Dundee and Honorary Consultant Physician at Ninewells Hospital with a specialist interest in Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular risk.

Lewis McConnachie
IT Lead for MEMO Research. Specialising in improving and streamlining interactions with GPs and GP system through novel use of technology.

Amy Rogers
Clinical Research Fellow focusing on large scale drug safety and effectiveness trials. Particular interests include pragmatic research methodologies and evidence based prescribing in primary care.

Rebecca Barr
Project Manager for MEMO Research. Experienced project manager of decentralised clinical trials.

Rob Flynn
Statistician and Superintendent Pharmacist he has worked on many large scale international studies and projects.
