Can I Take Part ?

I think I would like to take part in SHAPES, who should I contact to find out more?

If you are currently less than 12-weeks pregnant and planning on having your baby at the Royal Victoria Infirmary at Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust then you may be eligible to take part in SHAPES.

Please contact the clinical research team before your 12-week scan appointment to discuss the research by phone 0191 2820362 or email nuth.rhnresearch@nhs.net.

If you think you would like to take part in SHAPES after discussing the study with the clinical team, you will be booked into a specific clinic for your routine 12-week scan appointment, these are usually on a Tuesday and Thursday between 8.30am and 8pm.

If you have already had your scan appointment made before contacting the research team, it may still be possible to take part.


1. SHAPES Cohort Study

2. SHAPES Individual Participant Data Study
3. Cost Effectiveness Study