Latest News

10 September 2007

Presentations given at the latest CCRN National Update Meeting (6 September) are now available here

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24 August 2007

The latest CRN Update is now available here

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16 August 2007

Details about the forthcoming CCRN National Meeting are now available here

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14 August 2007

Call for applications for CLRN Clinical Director (Hampshire and Isle of Wight) and CLRN Co-Director (North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire).

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2 July 2007

CRN Update

The latest CRN Update is now available.

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7 June 2007

Call for Expressions of Interest: CLRN Senior Managers and CLRN Lead RM&G Managers

FOR INFORMATION ONLY - THE DEADLINE DATE FOR THIS CALL HAS NOW PASSED

The UKCRN Coordinating Centre has released a call for Expressions of Interest for the roles of CLRN Senior Manager and CLRN Lead RM&G Manager.

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25 May 2007

CRN Update

The latest CRN Update is now available.

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10 May 2007

Presentations from the CRN National Meeting - 8 May 2007

Presentations given at May's CRN meeting are now available to download from the website. Full details are available here

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4 May 2007

Comprehensive Local Research Networks - Board Meetings

Dates for the first CLRN Board meetings have now been agreed. Full details are available here

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4 May 2007

18 CLRN Host Organisations confirmed

Host organisations for 18 Comprehensive Local Research Networks have now been confirmed. Full details are available here

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3 May 2007

Comprehensive Research Network National Meeting - 8 May 2007

The agenda for the CRN National Meeting on 8 May is available to download below. The purpose of the meeting is to update on progress with implementing the Comprehensive Research Network and to provide an opportunity for discussion and input from the research community into the implementation. Places are still available - contact Sue Haley, s.haley@ukcrn.org.uk as soon as possible to register your place.

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20 April 2007

CRN Update
The first in a series of regular updates on the Comprehensive Research Network is now available to download below. 

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18 April 2007

Comprehensive Research Network National Meetings - Tuesday 8 May, Thursday 6 September and Wednesday 16 January

Following the last Comprehensive Research Network National Meeting in February, the UKCRN Coordinating Centre agreed that it would arrange three further CRN meetings to take place over the coming months.

Three additional meetings have now been organised to inform NHS organisations of developments in the implementation of CRN and to provide a forum for questions and discussion. The next meeting takes place on Tuesday 8 May.

The meetings will take place at the Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London from 1.30pm - 5.00pm on the dates specified above. All NHS organisations in England are encouraged to attend.

Given space restrictions, NHS organisations have been asked to nominate one representative to attend (email s.haley@ukcrn.org.uk). An agenda and further details will be available in due course.

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05 April 2007

Comprehensive Local Research Networks in East of England region: calls for applications for CLRN Host Organisations and CLRN Clinical Directors, and CLRN Board nominations

The UKCRN Coordinating Centre has written to Chief Executives of NHS organisations in the East of England SHA region to inform them that the Comprehensive Local Research Network (CLRN) configuration within the region has now been confirmed. Three networks will be created: Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire CLRN, Essex and Hertfordshire CLRN, and Norfolk and Suffolk CLRN.

The UKCRN Coordinating Centre is now inviting NHS Chief Executives to nominate representatives from their organisations to become a member of the CLRN Board in their area. The Coordinating Centre is now also inviting applications from NHS organisations who wish to become a CLRN Host Organisation within the East of England SHA area, and is also inviting applications for Clinical Directors for the CLRNs in this region.

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14 March 2007

Transitional R&D Funding

Information on NHS R&D Transitional Funding for 2007/08 is now available. The allocations include the full inflation uplift of 4% and are higher than the indicative figures originally given in the Transitional R&D Funding Agreements. This is in line with the stated intention that Department of Health will not release money from Transitional R&D Funding unless and until it is required for the new NIHR schemes.

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2 March 2007

Creation of the Comprehensive Local Research Network Boards

The UKCRN Coordinating Centre has written to Chief Executives of NHS organisations to invite them to nominate representatives from their organisations to become a member of the CLRN Board in their area.

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28 February 2007

Call for applications for Clinical Directors
The UKCRN Coordinating Centre has released a call for applications for Clinical Directors for the Comprehensive Local Research Networks. The closing date for applications is Friday 30 March 2007.
 

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22 February 2007

Call for applications to become an NHS Host Organisation for a Comprehensive Local Research Network in the North East and South Central SHAs

The UKCRN Coordinating Centre is now inviting applications from NHS organisations who wish to become a CLRN Host Organisation within the North East and South Central SHA areas.

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9 February 2007

Comprehensive Research Network National Meeting - Presentations

The presentations given at the Comprehensive Research Network National Meeting on 7 February 2007 are now available to download below.

Further details, plus notes regarding questions asked on the day, will follow shortly.

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2 February 2007

Comprehensive Research Network National Meeting  - Wednesday 7 February 2007
Royal Institute of British Architects

An agenda for this meeting is now available to download below.

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19 January 2007

Call for applications to become an NHS Host Organisation for a Comprehensive Local Research Network

The UKCRN Coordinating Centre is now inviting applications from NHS organisations within those SHA areas where the Comprehensive Local Research Network (CLRN) configurations have been agreed to become a host organisation for a CLRN.

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15 January 2007

Comprehensive Research Network National Meeting - Wednesday 7 February 2007
Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London

A national meeting has been organised to inform NHS organisations of developments in the implementation of CRN and to provide a forum for questions and discussion on CRN.

The meeting will take place at the Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London from 1.30pm - 4.30pm on Wednesday 7 February 2007. All NHS organisations in England are encouraged to attend.

Given restrictions on space, places are limited to one representative per organisation. Chief Executives of NHS organisations have been invited to tell the UKCRN Coordinating Centre who from their organisation will be attending by sending details of their name and contact details as soon as possible to Sue Haley, email s.haley@ukcrn.org.uk  

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3 January 2007
The first stage in implementing the Comprehensive Research Network (CRN) is to identify the geographical areas to be covered by each of the Comprehensive Local Research Networks (CLRNs).

The UKCRN Coordinating Centre has developed initial recommendations on the CLRN geographical areas and these were submitted to the Department of Health in November 2006.

In early December, the UKCRN Coordinating Centre wrote to all NHS organisations to consult on the configuration of the CLRNs. The geographies were also circulated to medical schools, UKCRC funders and existing Topic Specific Networks for comments.

The UKCRN Coordinating Centre is now in the process of considering all of the comments that were received and is finalising the CLRN configuration.