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All media enquiries should be directed to Fiona Fleming, Communications Manager on 07549891564 or fiona.fleming@nrs.org.uk.
10,000 NHS Scotland staff to take part in COVID-19 study
8th September 2020
SIREN (Sarscov2 Immunity & REinfection EvaluatioN) is a UK-wide study testing 100,000 health workers, which will provide information on immunity from and prevalence of COV...
Over 100,000 volunteers now registered for COVID-19 vaccine trials
17th August 2020
As the number of people registered to take part in COVID-19 vaccine trials has now topped 100,000, we are encouraging others to follow their lead to help speed up efforts to d...
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NHS Research Scotland Restarting Research Survey
14th August 2020
A new patient survey has been launched by NHS Research Scotland to capture confidence levels of patients returning to participate in NHS research. Whilst COVID-1...
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Guidance on health and social care research projects for educational purposes - update
13th August 2020
In March 2020 the Health Research Authority (HRA) and devolved administrations (DA's) announced the suspension of reviewing applications for individual undergraduate and...
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Landmark MND trial opens in Dundee
12th August 2020
The groundbreaking motor neurone disease clinical drugs trial, MND-SMART, has today opened to participants in NHS Tayside. This is the trial’s second UK centre. ...
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Make It Public transparency strategy launches
30th July 2020
The new strategy marks a step-change in making health research findings available to the public The Health Rese...
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New NHS service enables people to sign up to be contacted for COVID-19 vaccine studies
20th July 2020
A new NHS service has been launched today (20 July), providing an opportunity for people across the UK sign up for information on the new COVID-19 vaccine trials. The ne...
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CSO Clinical Academic Fellowships - 2020 scheme open
7th July 2020
The Chief Scientists Office Clinical Academic Fellowships 2020 scheme is now open for applications This scheme has been developed to help address longstanding concerns...
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NHS at 72 - commitment and dedication in response to COVID-19
3rd July 2020
2020 marks the 72nd Anniversary of the NHS which was founded on 5 July 1948. This year also marks the 72nd year of social care services. The Anniversary offers the opp...
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NIHR launches new UK wide funding call for longer-term COVID-19 research
9th June 2020
NIHR today launched a new UK-wide call for ...
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