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17 July 2008
Two major infection research consortia have been established today in London and Oxford to conduct collaborative research into nationally important areas including healthcare-associated infections and...
3 July 2008
A new agreement will ensure that the UK’s researchers are nurtured and supported during their career development. By setting out clear expectations for researchers, research managers, research i...
1 July 2008
The Government has announced that it will ensure that all patients throughout the NHS will be informed of research that is relevant to them so that, if appropriate, they can be offered the opportunity...
25 June 2008
MORE INVOLVEMENT AND CHOICE FOR PATIENTS As many patients as possible will have the opportunity to be part of medical research that will transform the healthcare and wellbeing o...
28 May 2008
Public Health Minister, Dawn Primarolo today announced the establishment of seven new NIHR Collaborations for Health Research and Care which will conduct research and improve care in major conditions ...
23 May 2008
The UK Clinical Research Network has today launched the new UKCRN Costing Template, developed on behalf of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The UKCRN Costing Template has been ...
20 May 2008
A new DVD and website resource, launched today by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Diabetes Research Network, aims to encourage patients to get involved in diabetes research. Th...
12 May 2008
The Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Comprehensive Local Research Network (CLRN) was officially launched on Thursday 1 May at an all day event in Leicester. The launch was attend...
8 May 2008
UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) partners have recommended routine use of the Research Passport for issuing NHS Honorary Research Contracts. The Research Passport now forms part of the...
24 June 2008
CALL NOW CLOSED - FOR INFORMATION ONLY The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Comprehensive Clinical Research Network (CCRN) is part of the UK Clinical Research Network ...
25 April 2008
A new costing initiative will shortly be launched which, for the first time, will offer a transparent and consistent method for calculating the costs associated with running a commercial cli...
10 April 2008
Twelve new NIHR Biomedical Research Units will be established to focus on "translational research" that will take advances in basic medical research out of the laboratory and into the hospit...
7 April 2008
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and UK Clinical Research Network (UKCRN) is committed to developing and implementing a robust and effective system which provides a streamlined proces...
1 April 2008
The Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) has been designed to capture the information needed to be submitted by researchers for regulatory and governance approvals, including R&D approval...
1 April 2008
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) yesterday announced the first 100 members of its College of Senior Investigators. The list comprises pre-eminent researchers in the NHS who are l...
25 February 2008
Workshops are being held to demonstrate how the NHS Care Records Service can provide England with unique and unrivalled opportunities in health to deliver huge benefits for patients. T...
1 February 2008
A new-look user friendly version of the UKCRN Portfolio database was launched today. The new look has been designed in response to feedback from colleagues in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and W...
29 January 2008
A streamlined system being launched today is expected to bring some welcome relief to a large number of UK health researchers. IRAS (Integrated Research Application System) is an online system w...
29 January 2008
A new £20m investment has established five Centres of Excellence across the UK to strengthen research into complex public health issues such as obesity, smoking and health inequalities. Th...
17 January 2008
A progress report is published today by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), which summarises all the progress that has been made putting in place the infrastructure, programmes and syst...
17 January 2008
A new definitive information resource on UK experimental medicine research is launched today. The UKCRC Experimental Medicine Resources website provides, for the first time, a central information repo...
12 December 2007
A team led by a member of the DeNDRoN Parkinson’s disease Clinical Studies Group has won a national award for the work it has done to improve the lives of people with Parkinson’s...
27 November 2007
Forty Clinical Trials Units (CTUs) across the UK have successfully gone through a new UKCRC Clinical Trials Unit Registration Process. Registration is designed to improve the quality and quantity of a...
4 December 2007
This year's UKCRN Annual Meeting took place at the Kensington Conference Centre, London on 21 November. The theme of the conference was "Patient Benefit - the value of Networks". The co...
16 November 2007
The Medical Research Council (MRC) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) have announced a new joint arrangement for clinical trials. The initiative forms a key part of the developing M...
1 November 2007
The UKCRC has launched a new leaflet, Clinical trials: what they are and what they’re not to introduce clinical trials to patients and the public. The leaflet accompanies the Understanding Clini...
1 November 2007
A new streamlined approach to issuing honorary contracts for researchers carrying out studies involving patients in the NHS is now being rolled out. A conference held in London on 30 October introduce...
22 January 2008
CALL NOW CLOSED - FOR INFORMATION ONLY Research & Development Support Units (RDSUs) currently have a responsibility to support high quality and multi-disciplinary health and so...
19 October 2007
An in-depth analysis of charity research funding has been published by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration. It provides a national picture of how medium and smaller sized medical research charities...
12 October 2007
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced unparalleled increases in health research funding to the NIHR and MRC as part of the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review. The funding will enable...
2 August 2007
The UKCRC has published a report recommending that a training and support structure should be put in place to enable nurses to work as researchers at different stages of their career. ‘Dev...
5 July 2007
Investment to establish the UKCRC Translational Infection Research Initiative has been committed by a partnership of seven funders: the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the Heal...
15 June 2007
Four teams of researchers have been working on behalf of the UK research community to conduct a series of simulations to examine how the NHS Care Records Service could support clinical research. ...
21 May 2007
The third International Clinical Trials Day took place on 20 May and was marked by a series of events across the UK and Europe. The aim of this annual event is to raise awareness amongst patients...
18 May 2007
The competition for the first group of NIHR Senior Investigators is open to NIHR Investigators. Senior Investigators will comprise of the most outstanding leaders of patient and people-based...
10 May 2007
Host organisations for the following Comprehensive Local Research Networks have now been confirmed: Cheshire and Merseyside CLRN Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Univer...
18 July 2007
CLRN Host Organisations The UKCRN Coordinating Centre is now inviting applica...
18 July 2007
FOR INFORMATION ONLY - THE DEADLINE FOR THIS CALL HAS NOW PASSED The UK Clinical Research Collaboration has released a call for applications from Clinical Trials Units to become a ...
2 March 2007
The UKCRN Coordinating Centre has written to all Chief Executives of NHS organisations to invite them to nominate representatives from their NHS organisation to become a member of the C...
1 March 2007
Tens of thousands of NHS patients in England will get the chance to benefit from the very latest medical treatments at their GP surgery, dental practice or health centre thanks to a £2 million G...
18 July 2007
The UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) is working to engage with patients and the public throughout its activities to improve the clinical research environment in the UK. The UKCRC is dev...
18 July 2007
The Comprehensive Local Research Network (CLRN) configuration within the South Central SHA area has now been confirmed. Two Networks will be created: Thames Valley, and; Hampshire and Isle of Wi...
18 July 2007
The Comprehensive Local Research Network (CLRN) configuration within the North East SHA area has now been confirmed. Two Networks will be created: County Durham and Tees Valley, and; Northum...
21 February 2007
The latest update from the NIHR IS Programme has now been released. The results and analysis of a recent online survery to gauge stakeholder expectation for the NIHR portal are now available. ...
29 January 2007
The Department of Health has announced its intention to integrate the functions of the National Research Register (NRR) into the United Kingdom Clinical Research Network's (UKCRN) Portfolio Database. ...
18 July 2007
The development of a Comprehensive Research Network (CRN) is a key element of the government strategy "Best Research for Best Health". CRN will form a core component of the national Cli...
8 January 2007
In September 2005 the UKCRC established a Sub Committee for Nurses in Clinical Research (Workforce) chaired by Professor Janet Finch. The Sub Committee was commissioned to write a report examining the...
11 December 2006
Health Secretary, Patricia Hewitt, has announced the creation of eleven new Biomedical Research Centres of excellence across England to drive the development, testing, and uptake of new better ways to...
18 August 2008
A £20 million Department of Health programme to develop medicines specifically for use in children was launched jointly by the University of Liverpool and the Royal Liverpool Children's NHS...
7 December 2006
The group established to make recommendations on improving the safety of phase 1 clinical trials, today published its final report at the Science Media Centre in London. The independent Expert S...
6 December 2006
Sir David Cooksey today published his review of the institutional arrangements for the public funding of health research in the UK. The review argues that considerable progress has been made in some a...
30 November 2006
The UKCRN Training and Education Team have launched three new courses this month in the following areas: Social Context in Clinical Research; Communications Skills for Working in Clinical Research and...
16 November 2006
The Faculty of the National Institute for Health Research will be for all professionals conducting people based research in and for the NHS. This includes clinical, health services, social and public ...
2 November 2006
The UKCRC has published a two-year Progress Report which gives an update on the work that has taken place from 2004-2006.
31 October 2006
A revised model Clinical Trial Agreement (mCTA) has been agreed by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), the BioIndustry Association (BIA), the NHS and the Department of Healt...
31 October 2006
The NHS R&D Strategy Best Research for Best Health widened the scope of the UK Clinical Research Network (UKCRN) through the planned creation of a Comprehensive Research Network within the NHS in ...
10 October 2006
Cancer research is set to benefit from £17.5m that will fund 13 Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres across England. The Government investment was announced at the National Cancer Research...
18 September 2006
The UKCRC has been working with a range of stakeholders, and in particular the Council of Heads of Medical Schools (CHMS), the Department of Health, the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the NHS R&am...
9 August 2006
Patients and carers are set to benefit from quicker access to the latest treatments following the launch of seven new Local Research Networks in England to support research into debilitating condition...
3 August 2006
The interim report of the expert group brought together to examine the design of phase 1 clinical studies is now available. The Expert Scientific Group (ESG) was convened by the Secretary of Sta...
3 August 2006
Call for Expressions of Interest Strategic Development Support for the UKCRN Coordinating Centre in implementing the Comprehensive NHS Research Network in England The UKCR...
12 July 2006
A new research and development infrastructure for Wales was launched on Wednesday 5 July. Clinical Research Collaboration Cymru (CRC Cymru) is part of the strategic work programme of the Wales O...
10 July 2006
The UKCRN's first online GCP course is now available, providing provide an up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the principles of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and the EU Directive for clinical trial...
4 July 2006
Research Centres for NHS Patient Safety & Service Quality are being established to drive improvements in quality, effectiveness and safety of NHS services. These Centres will focus on research int...
30 June 2006
The Department of Health have released an updated implementation plan for the Comprehensive NHS Research Network.
15 June 2006
The Department of Health has announced a Call for a jointly-funded initiative between DH, DTI, EPSRC and MRC to pilot Healthcare Technology Co-operatives (HTCs). The closing date for submission of Out...
1 June 2006
Following on from an interim report published by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) on 5 April into the adverse incidents which occured on 13 March during the clinical t...
9 July 2008
Health Minister Andy Burnham has announced the membership of an Expert Group to investigate clinical trials. The Chair of the group, Professor Gordon Duff, was appointed in April following the adverse...
25 May 2006
More input from patients into stroke research is just one of the benefits from eight new networks launched today. The UK Clinical Research Network and the Department of Health in England are please...
24 May 2006
The UK’s first ever analysis of health research funded by Government and charities is published today by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration. The analysis gives a breakdown of the dis...
24 May 2006
The Department of Health has issued a call for outline proposals for National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Applied Research. Appropriate NHS organisations, together w...
21 May 2006
The UK Clinical Research Collaboration have marked 2nd International Clinical Trials Day (20 May) by acknowledging the progress made in developing the UK clinical research infrastructure over the...
9 July 2008
Patients are set to receive even better care in primary care settings and will have the opportunity to participate in more research in these areas thanks to a new School for Primary Care Research laun...
15 May 2006
The UK Clinical Research Network and the Department of Health have appointed eight Local Research Networks to support the delivery and conduct of clinical diabetes research. Each network will be ...
8 May 2006
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, announced on 31 March that he had appointed Sir David Cooksey to lead a review to build agreement on the best institutional arrangements for the new sing...
27 October 2006
The Department of Health has released a revised implementation plan for the development of the Clinical Research Network - England (CRN - E), part of the new NHS R&D Strategy, "Best Research ...
21 April 2006
Professor Janet Darbyshire gave the keynote presentation at the Institute of Clinical Research Conference, which took place on 4&5 April at the GMEX Centre in Manchester.
20 April 2006
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have released an interim report into the adverse incidents which occured on 13 March in North London.
26 April 2006
Professor Janet Darbyshire, Co-Director of UKCRN, appeared on the BBC Radio 4 Leading Edge programme on 23 March to discuss drugs trials and how we can avoid a repeat of the events which recently took...
20 April 2006
The NHS Health Technology Assessment programme has announced a new funding opportunity for clinical trials to assess the effectiveness of technologies within the NHS as part of the newly launched DH R...
20 April 2006
Professor Philip Bath, Associate Director of the Stroke Research Network, recently took part in the BBC Radio 4 Leading Edge programme which looked at the latest research and treatment for stroke.
20 April 2006
Professor Gary Ford, Director of the Stroke Research Network, recently took part in the Radio 4 Case Notes programme on Stroke. Further information and a full transcript of the programme is avai...
20 April 2006
Dr Damien Jenkinson, Associate Director and Prof Gary Ford, Director, of the Stroke Research Network, write about stroke services in the UK.
9 July 2008
Health Minister, Jane Kennedy today announced a new health research strategy aimed at giving patients better access to ground-breaking new medicines and treatments, and supporting researchers carrying...
20 April 2006
The McKinsey report entitled "Clinical Research in the UK: towards a single system that reliably delivers distinctive quality and rapid access at reasonable cost" has been released. ...
20 April 2006
Funding given to NHS trusts for research and development is to become more tightly controlled, with organisations facing pressure to enlist more patients into clinical trials. From next year NHS f...
20 April 2006
The Department of Health have published the outcomes of the recent consultation on the new NHS R&D Strategy, "Best Research for Best Health".
20 April 2006
The English government has announced a raft of initiatives to boost medical research in the NHS. The chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown announced a series of measures which he said would ma...
20 April 2006
Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced plans to boost research and development in the NHS. They include the establishment of a National Institute for Health Research and 10 acade...
20 April 2006
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, and the Health Secretary, Patricia Hewitt, today set out measures to improve the nation's health and increase the nation's wealth by making the UK a worl...
20 April 2006
Doctors and dentists who combine research or education with clinical practice are to be given a major career boost, through the development of new training schemes. The new schemes implement recom...
20 April 2006
Scientists have been chosen for a £20m project to look for new treatments for dementia and other brain diseases. The Department of Health has appointed a team from Univers...
9 July 2008
A team from University College London and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne have been chosen to lead a £20 million initiative to speed up the development of new medical treatments for dement...
20 April 2006
Specialists on Tyneside have been chosen to lead a multimillion-pound network to increase the research being carried out into strokes. Newcastle University has been chosen by th...
20 April 2006
Specialists at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne have been chosen to co-ordinate a multi-million pound nationwide network of healthcare professionals to increase the amount of research being carri...
20 April 2006
Research into future treatments for people with diabetes has been given a major boost with the launch of a new national network for diabetes research, launched today. Researchers at Imperial Colleg...
20 April 2006
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9 July 2008
The University of Liverpool, in partnership with the Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust (Alder Hey), is to lead a £20M Department of Health initiative to develop medicines specifically for use...
20 April 2006
The Medical Research Council’s (MRC) Clinical Trials Unit, in consortium with the University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, University College London (UCL) and University Colle...
20 April 2006
One of the most exciting developments in clinical research in decades is taking place at the University of Leeds, led by professor of cancer medicine Peter Selby in collaboration with the Medical Rese...
9 July 2008
A new initiative to encourage the development of more medicines designed specifically for use in children was announced today by Health Minister, Lord Warner. Most medicines are designed for and teste...
9 July 2008
A new drive to harness the research potential of the NHS was given a further boost today by the creation of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC). The new body has been tasked with speeding u...
9 July 2008
People with mental health problems are set to benefit from a £5million funding boost for mental health research and the creation of the first ever Mental Health Research Network, Health Minister...
9 July 2008
Health Secretary, John Reid, announced today that the extra £100 million per year by 2008 for research and development set out in the Budget will be used to fund research into the treatment and ...
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