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Over 100,000 volunteers now registered for COVID-19 vaccine trials

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 discover safe and effective vaccines. The NHS COVID-19 vaccine research registry will help large numbers of people to be recruited into the trials over the coming months, potentially leading to effective vaccines being identifie...

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Landmark MND trial opens in Dundee

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. The trial will be based at the Clinical Research Centre at Ninewells hospital in Dundee and will welcome participants to the trial from across NHS Tayside. Motor Neurone Disease (MND), also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS, is a progressive condition that causes muscle to waste away. It occurs...

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Guidance on health and social care research projects for educational purposes - update

In March 2020 the Health Research Authority (HRA) and devolved administrations (DA's) announced the suspension of reviewing applications for individual undergraduate and master’s student projects until further notice, while the urgent review of COVID-19 studies took place. This was also due to the significant pressure on the NHS/Health and Social Care (HSC), limiting its ability to participate in research studies unrelated to COVID-19. As the lockdown eases, the HRA...

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Make It Public transparency strategy launches

The new strategy marks a step-change in making health research findings available to the public  The Health Research Authority (HRA) has today (Thursday 30 July) launched a new strategy to ensure information about all health and social care research – including COVID-19 research - is made publicly available to benefit patients, researchers and policymakers. The strategy is delivered by the HRA in partnership with N...

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New NHS service enables people to sign up to be contacted for COVID-19 vaccine studies

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 new UK-wide NHS COVID-19 vaccine research registry will help recruit people into vaccine trials over the coming months.  The register has been developed and is being managed at the request of the

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CSO Clinical Academic Fellowships - 2020 scheme open

The Chief Scientists Office Clinical Academic Fellowships 2020 scheme is now open for applications This scheme has been developed to help address longstanding concerns about clinical academic careers. The scheme will be subject to competitive entry and will nurture a cadre of research-led clinical academics capable of going on to lead development in their discipline by providing the opportunity to undertake a PhD. The scheme is open to individuals training in, all discipl...

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NHS at 72 - commitment and dedication in response to COVID-19

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 opportunity for staff, patients and the public to mark the past 72 years; to look forward to the needs of future generations, and consider what health and care will look like in the future. Proud history Modern medicine is built on medical research –

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NIHR launches new UK wide funding call for longer-term COVID-19 research

NIHR today launched a new UK-wide call for longer-term COVID-19 research This call this new call will sit alongside the joint UKRI/NIHR rolling research call for urgent COVID-19 research, and will have a specific focus on research to inform policy and the recovery of the health, care and public health systems from the pandemic, with outcomes typically...

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New online submission of amendments and amendments tool launches Tuesday 2 June

Online submission of amendments and a new amendment tool will go live across the UK on Tuesday 2 June 2020. These new processes for handling amendments are part of our ongoing programme to improve services for applicants. From 2 June, all applicants making an amendment to project-based research will need to complete the amendment tool and submit their amendment online. The tool replaces the Substantial Amendment Notification Form, and Non-Substantial Amendment forms for non-CTIM...

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Recruiting patients for clinical trials

The four UK Chief Medical Officer's (CMO's) highlight the vital importance of participation in clinical research to understanding and treating COVID-19. We are still lacking proven, effective, treatments for COVID-19, but Scotland and the UK is well placed to developevidence to inform future patient treatment. Clinical trials are critical both to determining which treatments work and developing the evidence for safety, frequency and dose. The letters from the four UK CMO...

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