Express interest
Tell the study team which hospital and emergency or colorectal service would lead the IMPEL audit.
For hospitals and collaborators
Participate in IMPEL
Participation is organized through hospital teams and professional collaborators. There is no patient enrolment form on this site.
How a centre gets started
The participating service leads local case identification, governance review, data quality, and follow-up. IMPEL does not change clinical decisions or add study-specific procedures.
Confirm local review
Obtain the applicable audit, ethics, privacy, and information-governance determination before case inclusion.
Capture consecutive cases
Use the current protocol and standardized instruments during a defined 90-day local inclusion period.
Complete follow-up
Finish in-hospital records and six-month outcomes, including stoma status and late complications.
Collaborators
Colorectal, emergency-surgery, and methods partners
Surgeons, anaesthetists, intensivists, gastroenterologists, statisticians, analysts, and implementation scientists can contact the study team about structured collaboration.
Email about collaboration →Collaborator sign-up
Join the collaboration
Request the collaborator sign-up route from the study team.
Request collaborator sign-up link →Access follows onboarding.
Study access instructions are provided after local requirements and centre onboarding are confirmed.
Local governance
Classification is determined locally
Each centre obtains its own written determination and confirms any consent, notification, opt-out, or privacy requirements before case inclusion.
Study scope
Follow the current protocol
Screening and final case classification follow the current protocol and local approved process.
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