Teamwork helps south west site punch above its weight in commercial study recruitment
17 September 2021
Staff from a small south west hospital trust reflect on the reasons behind its strong recruitment to commercial trials
17 September 2021
Staff from a small south west hospital trust reflect on the reasons behind its strong recruitment to commercial trials
16 September 2021
The haematology team at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has recruited the first UK patients in two studies seeking treatments for rare blood disorders
13 September 2021
A consultant haematologist from Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has been announced as a winner at the National Institute for Health Clinical Research Network (NIHR CRN) and Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Awards.
13 September 2021
A first-of-its-kind census has been launched to find out the true size of the nursing and midwifery clinical research workforce and to identify any “gaps”.
08 September 2021
A south west hospital trust is recruiting strongly to a study looking for answers on how to help patients with currently untreatable alcoholic hepatitis.
01 September 2021
Preg-CoV is the country’s largest clinical study investigating the best gap between first and second COVID-19 vaccine doses for pregnant women
27 August 2021
Dr Lisa Gibbons, GP and Primary Care Lead for the NIHR Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula has developed the new resource on NIHR Learn
18 August 2021
Researchers at the University of Plymouth are looking for 60 women from the local area who have been suffering with pelvic girdle pain for three months or more since childbirth to take part in a new study testing customised pelvic support shorts as an innovative alternative treatment.
18 August 2021
Meet Dr Mohini Varughese, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
06 August 2021
Andrew Price from Cornwall saw health benefits after taking part in Bics - Bisoprolol in COPD Study
05 August 2021
The Respiratory Strategies in COVID-19; CPAP, High-flow, and Standard Care (RECOVERY-RS) trial has demonstrated that treating hospitalised COVID-19 patients who have acute respiratory failure with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) reduces the need for invasive mechanical ventilation.
02 August 2021
Introducing our new Hepatology Specialty Lead
30 July 2021
Welcome to our new Primary Care Specialty Lead
30 July 2021
We put some questions to our new Dementia Specialty Lead
30 July 2021
Cornwall's new Primary Care Specialty Lead tells us a little about himself and his ambitions for research in the county
18 July 2021
A major new consortium involving the University of Exeter, has been awarded £6.8 million by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) to conduct the largest clinical study of long COVID over the next two years.
12 July 2021
More than 170 members of staff at Devon Partnership NHS Trust have signed up to become Research Champions in a bid to raise awareness of the benefits of research among health and care workers as well as patients.
12 July 2021
A South West bladder cancer expert has contributed to a podcast exploring why advances in treatment identified through research have been slow to enter clinical practice.
12 July 2021
Volunteers in Plymouth are taking part in a study using an Oxford/AstraZeneca variant vaccine, aimed at preventing the Beta COVID-19 variant.
08 July 2021
A world-leading research team from Exeter has been announced as the winner of a prestigious national award for their “outstanding” contribution to NIHR gastroenterology studies.
07 July 2021
A philanthropic grant from the Edmond J. Safra Foundation will support the establishment of a pioneering multi-arm multi-stage (MAMS) clinical trial platform to quickly assess potential protective therapies that may slow or stop Parkinson’s progression.
06 July 2021
The latest NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) annual statistics show the extraordinary impact the South West Peninsula made in delivering vital clinical research during the 2020/21 pandemic.
15 June 2021
Michael Visick has been announced as the new Chief Operating Officer of the NIHR Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula.
09 June 2021
Nine out of 10 people in the South West who took part in a research study – including COVID-19 vaccine trials – would consider taking part in clinical research again, the findings of a new survey reveal.
20 May 2021
More than 45,000 people took part in health and care research across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset last year – with nearly 30,000 people across the region getting involved in COVID-19 related studies.