Meet Migaila Aldred: our new Agile Research Team Leader
28 March 2023
Get to know our new Agile Research Team Leader
28 March 2023
Get to know our new Agile Research Team Leader
28 March 2023
Get to know our new Ageing Specialty Research Lead
28 March 2023
The NIHR Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula (CRN SWP) is delighted to announce that Dr Frazer Underwood has been appointed as its first Senior Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Lead for Research.
27 March 2023
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has listed two studies carried out in the South West as those which have the potential to save the NHS thousands of pounds per patient.
22 March 2023
A new mother who took part in research testing infant feeding support for first-time mums has said the help she received stopped her giving up breastfeeding when she encountered challenges.
15 March 2023
Promoting physical activity and other behavioural support can help people wanting to reduce their smoking to quit in the short-term. However, after nine months, physical activity delivers no noticeable benefits – compared with offering no additional support – in the rates of people stopping smoking, according to the findings of a major national study.
20 February 2023
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Trust Clinical Research Practitioner Sophie Whiteley has spoken of the benefits of being part of the Academy for Healthcare Science’s Accredited Register.
02 February 2023
A group of clinicians and researchers is leading a ground breaking initiative to make the South West a go-to region for multiple sclerosis (MS) research, and increase opportunities for those with the disease to trial new treatments.
16 January 2023
A new play based on research that explores the experiences of parents caring for disabled children is showing at Exeter Phoenix.
05 January 2023
A South West hospital trust has launched a new initiative – using mobile research units (MRUs) to bring health research into the community.
04 January 2023
Patient Recruitment Centre: Exeter leading the way in recruitment for HARMONIE trial.
13 December 2022
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (FT) has recruited the first patient to a £2million research study looking at the best way to prevent MRSA infection in hospitals.
05 December 2022
The results of a landmark NIHR-funded study, which saw women in North Devon volunteer, has found a single-stranded suture thread could prevent pregnancy infection complications.
30 November 2022
The results of a clinical trial which saw 325 people from across the South West volunteer to take part has shown a gout drug does not improve coronary heart disease.
29 November 2022
A new national trial platform, launched today, aims to use pandemic lessons to help quickly find effective treatments for people hospitalised with severe flu.
29 November 2022
A physiotherapist in Torbay is working towards becoming a researcher of the future after being selected to take part in a national training programme.
14 November 2022
A man with diabetes who has lost more than four stone since beginning a clinical trial of a drug says he feels “on top of the world”.
10 October 2022
A new research project aims to provide a toolkit holding resources for teachers facing challenges of supporting children with ADHD in schools.
28 September 2022
Health professionals at hospitals and GP practices across the South West will play a vital role in a new respiratory virus study looking into the leading cause of infant hospitalisation.
16 August 2022
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved Moderna’s Omicron-containing bivalent booster vaccine in the UK, following a trial that saw nearly 500 volunteer in the South West
15 August 2022
The results of a study carried out in the South West have demonstrated potential cost savings to the NHS by using a simple gauze bandage for common wrist fractures in children rather than a cast.
09 August 2022
New data from the NIHR shows that the national Patient Recruitment Centres (PRCs) are achieving their study set-up and recruitment ambitions.
04 August 2022
NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre Exeter (PRC: Exeter) has reopened a study investigating a brand new treatment for giant cell arteritis (GCA).
14 July 2022
Men who experience behaviour changes including apathy or having false beliefs and perceptions in later life are at risk of faster cognitive decline than women, according to new research supported by the NIHR Clinical Research Network.
06 July 2022
The latest NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) annual statistics show research participation levels across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset remain at remarkably high levels, following an unprecedented period in research history.