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02 April 2020
More than 200 people attended an information evening on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) research at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
01 April 2020
Professor Saul Faust has taken up the role of Clinical Director for CRN Wessex.
31 March 2020
The National Institute for Health Research has published studies it is supporting into COVID-19.
30 March 2020
Healthy people in Thames Valley are being sought to volunteer for an Oxford University vaccine study into COVID-19.
30 March 2020
Frances Mossie and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust are the winners of the CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex Research Champion Impact Awards.
30 March 2020
Researchers can now apply for NIHR support for studies into COVID-19.
30 March 2020
Staff at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have recruited the first two patients in Wessex to an NIHR funded trial exploring potential drug treatments for COVID-19.
27 March 2020
A drug used to treat type 2 diabetes could offer a simple solution to reducing the dangerous side effects of steroid treatment.
26 March 2020
The latest statement from the Department of Health and Social Care issues guidance on the impact of COVID-19 on research funded or supported by NIHR.
24 March 2020
Patients with COVID-19 can now donate samples and receive possible drug treatments as part of research studies into the virus.
23 March 2020
This page contains all of the latest guidance around COVID-19, from both a local and national NIHR level
23 March 2020
The SG016 trial, led by Professor Tom Wilkinson a consultant in respiratory medicine at University Hospital Southampton and Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Southampton, will initially involve 100 patients at Southampton and up to ten other NHS hospitals taking part.
20 March 2020
The below information is for staff that we at the NIHR Clinical Research Network Thames Valley and South Midlands (LCRN) support regarding the ongoing COVID-19 / coronavirus situation.
18 March 2020
In response to COVID-19, Dr Louise Wood CBE, has issued the following statement. Dr Wood is Director of Science, Research and Evidence at the Department of Health and Social Care and co-lead for NIHR.
13 March 2020
Consultant Nurse Dr Christina Heaton has recently been appointed as Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust’s (WWL) Community lead for research.
13 March 2020
A woman with cerebral palsy, who doctors thought may never walk or talk, is now living an independent life thanks to taking part in a clinical research study.
13 March 2020
NIHR CRN Greater Manchester (CRN GM) has appointed Gemma Faulkner as specialty lead for surgery.
13 March 2020
Jocelyn Walters, CRN Wessex Research Delivery Manager, and Jac Samuel, a Senior Research Nurse for Cancer Research UK, have received an award for their contribution to research.
12 March 2020
An event to raise awareness of how women can get involved in NHS, public health and social care research was held in East Oxford to celebrate International Women’s Day.
12 March 2020
A Berkshire grandfather who had to close his fencing business after being diagnosed with dementia aged 62 is taking part in NHS research.
11 March 2020
Kieran McCafferty speaks about the rewards of his role as renal Specialty Lead for North Thames.
10 March 2020
Collaboration is the key to boosting the quality of health research, according to leaders speaking at a recent healthcare event.
10 March 2020
To mark the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife in 2020, we are profiling some of those who work with the Network.
09 March 2020
Following the success of our inaugural event in 2019, CRN Greater Manchester was delighted to host another occasion to mark International Women’s Day.
08 March 2020
Now in its third year, the Clinical Research Network Kent, Surrey and Sussex Partner Awards recognise the achievement of individuals and research teams from across the region.