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.
24 June 2022
Get to know our new SRL for Mental Health
23 June 2022
Eight health and care professionals from across the region have been appointed as the new 2022/23 Research Associates for the NIHR Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula (CRN SWP) following successful applications.
17 June 2022
Colleagues from across the South West got involved in #Red4Research on Friday 17 June, to show support for all those participating in, undertaking and supporting COVID-19 and other research
15 June 2022
The NIHR Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula has been confirmed as the main sponsor of AgeUK Devon’s brand-new Women’s Walking Football Tournament, taking place this weekend
31 May 2022
We are delighted to present a new edition of our magazine for research volunteers and the public.
24 May 2022
A new fully-funded research internship programme has been launched to help health & care professionals in the South West develop their careers and help local populations and services.
20 May 2022
44,596 participants across the South West volunteered to take part in 531 clinical research trials in 2021/22, new figures reveal
19 May 2022
A photographic exhibition opening on International Clinical Trials Day 2022 is shining a light on the people from across the South West who have chosen to take part in health and social care research.
12 April 2022
The NIHR-supported PANORAMIC trial has today begun assessing a new oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment, Paxlovid, among vulnerable groups in the South West.
06 April 2022
Since its establishment in 2006, the NIHR has invested over £200m in more than 470 social care research projects across its portfolio, with £90m worth of NIHR-funded social care studies starting in the last three years.
31 March 2022
Volunteers from across Exeter, East and Mid Devon and Cornwall will have the opportunity to take part in one of the world’s first Omicron-specific COVID-19 variant vaccine studies
24 March 2022
Find out about our Agile Research Delivery Team and how we are ensuring research opportunities are available where people need them most
16 February 2022
One of the world’s first Omicron-specific variant vaccines is to be trialled in Devon and Cornwall
11 February 2022
A world-first COVID-19 study running in the South West and nationally has proved the perfect testing ground for a new model of research delivery.
10 February 2022
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) and Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) are pleased to announce Professor Jason Smith as Principal Investigator of the Year for 2021/22
10 February 2022
Clinicians across Devon have now thanked the GPs in the region who helped make the study possible.
09 February 2022
There are at least 249 research nurses and midwives across the South West Peninsula working within all areas of healthcare and at least 7,469 working across the UK and Ireland, reveals a landmark new census initiated by a group of NIHR 70@70 Senior Nurse & Midwife Research Leaders.
07 February 2022
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has authorised Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in the UK.
20 January 2022
Two more south west GP hubs have joined the PANORAMIC trial, giving patients access to new COVID-19 antiviral drugs.
18 January 2022
A COVID-positive patient from Cornwall has become one of the first people in the country to benefit from a new antiviral drug designed to help people recover sooner, and reduce the need for hospital admission.
12 January 2022
A Q&A with Elly French - the NIHR CRN SWP's new Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Officer.
09 December 2021
Local GPs and healthcare professionals have begun enrolling participants across Cornwall to a first-of-its-kind clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of new oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19.
03 December 2021
Six COVID-19 vaccines are safe and boost immunity for people who have had two doses of AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech, results from the UK-wide COV-BOOST trial show
03 December 2021
Staff from children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) across Cornwall got their research creativity flowing thanks to an innovative collaboration between the NHS and Cornwall Wildlife Trust (CWT) – and the county’s beavers.
