06 July 2022
Data published by the NIHR Clinical Research Network this month show that the number of clinical trials that took place in the East of England increased by 28% in the last year.
13 June 2022
Jodie Reynolds, a care home worker from Wyton, Cambridgeshire, took part in a gestational diabetes study at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in 2021. She has since been championing gestational diabetes research by taking part in the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s (NIHR) ‘TrialBlazers’ campaign.
08 June 2022
A care home in Hertfordshire has joined an important network, bringing opportunities for staff and residents to improve lives through research.
20 May 2022
Andrew Hoppington, a retired catering supplier from Freethorpe, Norfolk, has seen “incredible” results after taking part in a heart surgery study at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
12 May 2022
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Professor Jeremy Turner as Lead Clinical Director for the CRN East of England, which is hosted regionally by the Trust.
04 May 2022
The research team at Wansford and King’s Cliffe Practice, Peterborough, has now recruited the first UK participant to the second phase which is targeting multiple COVID-19 variants.
03 March 2022
The world’s largest COVID-19 treatment trial has found that baricitinib, an anti-inflammatory rheumatoid arthritis drug, reduces deaths in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 by around one-fifth.
23 February 2022
An Administrative Manager from Norwich who won ITV’s ‘Tipping Point’ show has now taken part in the fastest growing research trial to help find a drug that people with COVID-19 can take at home that may help them to get better sooner and reduce the need for hospital admission.
16 February 2022
One of the world’s first Omicron-specific variant vaccines is to be trialled in the East of England as the biotechnology company Moderna, Inc works with the NIHR.
04 February 2022
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has this week authorised Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in the UK.
09 December 2021
Local GPs and healthcare professionals have today begun enrolling participants across the East of England to a first-of-its-kind clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of new oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19 - which can be safely taken at home.
01 December 2021
Researchers from across the East of England have been recognised in the Cancer Research Excellence Awards at this year’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) Eastern Cancer Conference.
24 November 2021
Researchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV programme have started enrolling young people aged 12 to 16 years old to receive a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, including in Cambridgeshire.
05 November 2021
A GP in Cambridge has won a prestigious national award honouring the enormous contribution they have made in delivering research to find new treatments and care pathways for NHS patients over the last year.
04 November 2021
A care home in Cheshunt has become the first in Hertfordshire to sign up to a new scheme being run by the NIHR which helps homes carry out research to find new ways to care for people.
10 October 2021
World Mental Health Day 2021: Eastern team calls for more people to be part of vital mental health research.
13 September 2021
Dr Nuru Noor, Specialist Trainee in Gastroenterology at CUH, has been announced as a winner in this year's Royal College of Physicians’ (RCP) Awards, run jointly with the NIHR.
07 September 2021
People with hearing conditions from across East Anglia are being invited to join a new group to help run research and change clinical service development at Cambridge University Hospitals.
05 August 2021
Results from a vital COVID-19 trial reveal that treating hospitalised COVID-19 patients who have acute respiratory failure with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) reduces the need for invasive mechanical ventilation.
10 June 2021
GPs across the East of England played a key role in finding ways to treat people with COVID-19 and other conditions over last year, data from the NIHR show.
21 May 2021
Volunteers from the East of England will soon be able to receive a third ‘booster’ COVID-19 vaccine through a new Government-funded clinical trial launching this week, the Health Secretary has announced.
20 May 2021
this InternatioThe NIHR is saying thank you to everyone who has supported and participated in their work over the past year, including more than 120,000 people in the Eastern region.
22 March 2021
Surajit was one of 500 people who recently volunteered to take part in a research trial at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) to test the effectiveness of a new COVID-19 vaccine. He is now raising awareness of the importance of vaccine research and what it is like to take part in it.
22 March 2021
Local people across East Anglia have played an important role in reaching this remarkable milestone, with more than 32,000 participants taking part in nationally-prioritised COVID-19 studies supported by the NIHR Clinical Research Network Eastern.
17 March 2021
Researchers at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) have adapted a vital stroke study to allow volunteers to join and participate safely at home.
