Improving study delivery through digital messaging
30 April 2018
A senior research nurse from Exeter is streamlining the research pathway for both patients and clinicians by using a popular free messaging app.
30 April 2018
A senior research nurse from Exeter is streamlining the research pathway for both patients and clinicians by using a popular free messaging app.
16 April 2018
A new study due to launch in the South West aims to explore if brain function declines after hip and knee replacement surgery.
10 April 2018
A Plymouth couple whose lives have been blighted by Parkinson’s Disease have shared their experiences of taking part in research in a bid to encourage others to do the same and help improve the outlook for future patients.
10 April 2018
A retired dockyard worker with Parkinson’s Disease has said he is taking part in research because he wants to do “whatever he can” to help professionals find a cure.
06 March 2018
A £1.8m study is looking for hundreds of Plymouth smokers who don’t want to quit but do want to reduce the number of cigarettes they smoke. Researchers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD) will lead the National Institute for Health Research funded study to test whether personal support can help.
06 March 2018
Annette Richards from Bude, Cornwall, gives an account of her experience of being on a clinical trial and in particular, how it helped treat her breast cancer.
26 February 2018
Two patients from Taunton’s Musgrove Park Hospital are the first to be recruited into a global study looking at dosing strategies for a new drug used to treat Crohn’s Disease.
13 February 2018
A network of anaesthesia clinicians which has enabled thousands of people from across the region to take part in research has won an award.
20 November 2017
A South Devon practice has won a prestigious national award for its contribution to clinical research.
16 November 2017
A drug trialled in Cornwall has today been announced as a “breakthrough” in breast cancer treatment
16 November 2017
A cancer consultant based at Musgrove Park Hospital has won a national award for working tirelessly to further improve treatments for patients with breast, bladder, prostate and renal cancer through research.
08 November 2017
A team from Yeovil Hospital has received national recognition for its innovative and ‘excellent’ cancer care.
31 October 2017
The CRN SWP recruited 3,192 people on to NIHR portfolio diabetes studies in 2016-17.
27 October 2017
Three paramedics from South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust have been praised for the number of patients they have recruited into a trial looking at whether a 39p skin patch could revolutionise stroke treatment, significantly increasing the chances of survival.
26 October 2017
A young city GP has been ‘highly commended’ at a prestigious awards ceremony for the work he has done to bring clinical research opportunities to his patients at their local practices.
04 August 2017
South West Stroke survivor Adrian Cook says he has learnt a lot about his health condition and made new friends from taking part in clinical research studies.
14 July 2017
Dr Camille Carroll, Research Fellow in Clinical Neuroscience at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, and consultant neurologist with a specialist interest in the field of Parkinson’s disease, has been appointed National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) National Specialty Lead for Neurodegeneration. Dr Carroll will hold the role until the end of March 2020.
29 June 2017
Feedback from people who took part in clinical research in the third annual Patient Experience Questionnaire (PEQ) conducted by the Clinical Research Network for the South West Peninsula has been published.
15 June 2017
Fourteen NHS emergency hospital departments have opened a new clinical research study led by the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust which could transform patient experience of the way serious nose bleeds are treated.
31 May 2017
A South West neurology research consultant and nurse had the experience of a lifetime as invited guests of the Pope in the Vatican City to raise awareness about Huntington’s disease.
23 May 2017
Over 100 Plymouth students learned about patient and public involvement in clinical research at a flagship event hosted by the National Institute for Health Research.
17 May 2017
An Exeter healthcare worker says her life has been positively transformed since she took part herself in a clinical research study into high blood pressure treatment.