19 November 2020
PRC: Exeter would like to thank study volunteers and the clinical research delivery team following the announcement that Exeter has exceeded target for a leading COVID-19 vaccine study which has now closed to local recruitment.
16 November 2020
Find out more about a COVID-19 trial that will begin shortly in Leicester
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.
12 November 2020
The Bradford centre is one of five regionally based NPRCs launched to enable more late phase commercial clinical research to be delivered within the NHS
12 November 2020
The NIHR has launched five new National Patient Recruitment Centres (NPRCs) to enable more late phase commercial clinical research to be delivered within the NHS and make it easier for people to take part in studies.
05 November 2020
Residents of Exeter have joined the world’s first participants to take part in the new Novavax Covid-19 vaccine trial thanks to the recently established NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre: Exeter.
19 October 2020
The world’s first participants to take part in a phase 3 trial of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine candidate were recently recruited at a new NIHR National Patient Recruitment Centre (NPRC) based in Blackpool.
01 October 2020
Vasculitis patient Mark Bennet talks about taking part in commercial research in Leicester.
28 September 2020
Hundreds of volunteers from the South West will be invited to join a leading phase three COVID-19 vaccine study, as the number of people who have signed up to take part in vaccine research hits over 9,000 across Devon, Cornwall and parts of Somerset.
26 September 2020
Enrolment to PRC: Bradford’s first COVID-19 vaccine trial is underway, bringing important opportunities to our community to take part in this important research.
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
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to receive funding from the Department of Health and Social Care for a Patient Recruitment Centre
22 May 2020
Royal Devon and Exeter is one of five hospitals across England chosen to host a new regional Patient Recruitment Centre
22 May 2020
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of five hospitals across England chosen to host a new regional Patient Recruitment Centre
22 May 2020
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust selected as one of five NHS trusts in England to host a new National Patient Recruitment Centre.
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.
03 March 2020
A key advantage of participating in research studies is that you can receive more time with expert clinicians and information on how to manage your health. David Sparkes, 68, a retired Health and Safety Manager from Exmouth, participated in a pre-diabetes research programme that gave him the information he needed to understand the condition and adopt a more healthy and active lifestyle.
20 December 2019
A man from Devon has described how volunteering to participate in the Vision In Parkinson’s Study has given him a new perspective on living with the disease.