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Patient and public involvement in mental health
Over the past decade, the role of patient and public involvement (PPI) in mental health research has grown enormously as its value to research excellence has been recognised and accepted. Over the past few years, PPI has cemented itself as both a core value of high quality clinical research and an intrinsically important part of any successful and well-regarded clinical research trial. -------------------------------------- The
Get Involved
Glasgow Clinical Research Facility (GCRF) believes in a model of integrated public engagement, patient involvement and research participation – by working together to improve healthcare through research. It is our aim to make research involvement as accessible as possible and have a wide range of patients and public/lay representatives to steer our research and support researchers to identify and conduct high-quality clinical research. Learn more about participating in res...
Professor Susan Shenkin
Speakers
Over 60 inspiring and influential speakers offer a varied programme of presentations and discussions reflecting the diversity of health research and innovation activity across Scotland. Please check back here for speaker biographies, or join our
Get Involved
Get involved in a clinical trial Information about specific cancer trials can be found on the UKCTG website or the CRUK website or you can ask your healthcare professional or contact your local cancer network for further information. General resources on clinical trials can be found on our
Pain
The Scottish Pain Research Community (SPaRC) was established in 2009 with support from the Scottish Government to develop expertise in pain research for patient benefit. A strong network of pain researchers, clinicians, third-sector organisations, patient groups and other key stakeholders across Scotland support internationally competitive pain research. This covers the full scientific range, from laboratory to the communit...
Training and Events
The Network try to ensure a presence at relevant events across the country and share training opportunities of interest to the primary care research community. The Network is not responsible for the content on external pages. Primary Care Network offers conference funding opportunity to GP trainees and medical students A conference bursary is being made ava...
Dr Bhautesh Jani
Infrastructure
Scotland operates a centralised system to support clinical research and improve quality, efficiency and coordination. Working on a pan-Scotland basis a responsive infrastructure has been implemented to encourage researchers to bring studies to Scotland and ensure that obtaining R&D permission is a smooth and rapid process. Investments in nationwide clinical research infrastructure also supports researchers,...
News and opportunities
Providing information on the latest news from across the musculoskeletal research community and the clinical research community in Scotland more generally News from NHS Research Scotland The latest news from NHS Research Scotland