NIHR survey reveals public's attitudes to health research following coronavirus
20 May 2021
New NIHR survey suggests public perceptions of commercial clinical research are changing.
20 May 2021
New NIHR survey suggests public perceptions of commercial clinical research are changing.
17 March 2021
NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre: Newcastle, in collaboration with the Newcastle Research Informatics Team at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has been shortlisted for the Digital Clinical Transformation Award at the HSJ Value Awards 2021 for its successful RELIEVE IBS-D virtual trial.
12 March 2021
NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre: Newcastle is delighted to have been a finalist in the PharmaField Innovation Awards (Team) for the RELIEVE IBS-D virtual trial in partnership with EnteroMed Ltd.
25 November 2020
A collaboration between one of the NIHR’s new National Patient Recruitment Centres and UK sponsor company Enteromed has led to rapid recruitment to one of the first fully virtual interventional clinical trials to be conducted in England.
16 November 2020
Six thousand UK volunteers from Monday (16 November) will be called upon to join another leading phase three Covid-19 vaccine study, as researchers around the world continue to work to secure a range of vaccines to help tackle coronavirus.
12 November 2020
Grant Shapps, Northern Powerhouse Minister, and Secretary of State for Transport, has backed the work carried out at National Patient Recruitment Centres in the North, on the day all five National Institute for Health Research sites officially launch.
16 September 2020
The newly opened NIHR National Patient Recruitment Centre - Newcastle, hosted by Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust, has developed a virtual trial, RELIEVE IBS-D, testing a new treatment for patients with irritable bowel syndrome and diarrhoea.
22 May 2020
The new research centre, part of £7m Government investment, will help people across the North East and North Cumbria to take part in important late-phase commercial clinical research
22 May 2020
NHS patients will benefit from easier access to clinical research opportunities, following a £7 million government investment to launch five new regional Patient Recruitment Centres (PRCs) across England.