POPPY, devised by SWARM and rolled out nationally as RAFT-4, is investigating day-case surgery outcomes including pain and opioid usage. The early pilot study results are in, and we are happy to say our Trial Steering Committee met in early September to give us the green light for the main study. This means our 140+ sites are all systems go in preparation for the start of the data collection window on the 15th January 2024. We now have sites registered from all four UK nations and there is still time any sites wishing to take part in this NIHR portfolio study with registration open until the end of November.

There are lots of opportunities for trainees to get involved. Each site needs collaborators to help deliver the study and a trainee lead who can apply to the NIHR associate PI scheme which ticks lots of training boxes! If you would like to register your site or find out more please visit the POPPY page on the RAFT website, click the link below.

The POPPY study team were invited to the AoA Winter Scientific Meeting to present the latest results from this large national study into pain and recovery outcomes after day-case surgery. During an hour-long session hosted by Anaesthesia Editor Helen Laycock, previous SWARM Chair Anna Ratcliffe, SWARM Fellow Adam Brayne and Chief Investigator Mark Rockett spoke to a packed main auditorium about the study and then took a range of questions from in person and online attendees. The POPPY paper series is in press currently, and the first is available here:

POPPY Study Timeline

To be completed