CRN South West Peninsula

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COVID-19

In response to COVID-19, our core team are now working from home. We are still open for all day to day business and we will continue to hold planned meetings and training via teleconference or webinar.

If you have any questions about our response to COVID-19 or need to contact our team please email crn.swp@nhs.net.

How you can help support COVID-19 research

The UK public can support the national effort to speed up vaccine research and receive more information about volunteering for clinical studies by visiting www.nhs.uk/researchcontact to join the NHS Covid-19 Vaccine Research Registry.

The Registry was launched by the government in partnership with the NIHR, NHS Digital, the Scottish and Welsh governments and the Northern Ireland Executive in July. It aims to help create a database of people who consent to be contacted by the NHS to take part in clinical studies, to help speed up the development of a safe and effective vaccine.

About us

Our network serves Cornwall, Devon and Somerset. We make sure that research occupies the place it deserves in the day-to-day work of health and social care organisations across the region. We support research delivery by:

Helping to increase the opportunities for patients and the public to take part in research across health and social care settings
Working in partnership with NHS trusts, CCGs, universities, local government and research funders to enable world-class research
Providing professional support services for the effective delivery of health and social care research
Improving the environment for commercial contract research
Supporting sites to manage their study performance and deliver to time and to target

2019-20 in numbers

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We are part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the nation's largest funder of health and care research. We are hosted by Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust. For the latest news, events and opportunities follow us on Twitter at @NIHRSW.