Eastern GPs play major role in research during the pandemic
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.
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.
01 March 2021
2100 people in East Anglia will help test screening for a common heart condition which is known to be a trigger for strokes.
04 December 2020
Cambridge NHS Trusts collaborate to run the latest phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial
11 November 2020
Helping people with prediabetes to make small changes to their lifestyle, diet and physical activity can almost halve the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to the results of the Norfolk Diabetes Prevention Study (NDPS).
01 October 2020
In a time when the research world has never needed to be so creative, one Eastern Research lead has taken this to another level by composing a poem for National Poetry Day
03 September 2020
People across the Eastern region are being asked to play an important part in helping to find a vaccine for COVID-19 by signing up to the NHS registry.
02 September 2020
Eastern patients play vital role in practice-changing COVID-19 study
13 August 2020
A ‘pill on a string’ test has been proven to identify ten times more people with possible early signs of oesophageal cancer than the standard method of diagnosis, NIHR-supported research found.
25 June 2020
Engineer who helped build Norfolk Hospital helps UK researchers make COVID-19 discovery
21 April 2020
The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (JPUH) is leading the way being the first NHS Trust in the eastern region currently running a new clinical trial which seeks to find alternatives to in-demand ventilators in treating critically ill patients with COVID-19.
09 April 2020
Eastern network of research staff is helping to speed up the process of delivering research to find treatments for COVID-19 in NHS hospitals and GP practices
25 February 2020
All UK residents can take part in a survey to say how health data should be used to improve care and services.
21 January 2020
A woman with dementia has seen a significant reduction in symptoms of agitation after taking part in clinical research at the care home where she lives.
19 December 2019
A patient from Suffolk is urging people to take part in health research after benefiting from participating in a trial testing a new treatment for Ménière's disease
04 November 2019
Staff and patients from North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and the NIHR will be teaming up for a special Movember research event at Peterborough City Hospital this month.
25 October 2019
A Cambridgeshire GP Practice 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.
03 October 2019
A former Deputy Director for Education has become the Eastern region’s newest Dementia Research Champion and is urging people to take part in research.
02 July 2019
Over 45,000 people - more than ever before - took part in NHS research in the Eastern region over the last year, according to the annual NIHR Research Activity League Table
02 July 2019
Mckenzie Carr is the first participant to sign up to a new research study taking place at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) which looks at how sensitising the body to insulin can impact the effectiveness of growth hormone in short children who are born small.
06 June 2019
NIHR researchers call on young people from across North Essex to help design future mental health research.