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                            Join the SPaRc/NRS Steering Committee
4th November 2020
An opportunity for an Early Career Researcher or trainee healthcare professional to join the SPaRC/ NRS Pain...
 
                            Update on health and social care research projects for educational purposes
27th October 2020
A pause on health and social care research projects for educational purposes has been extended until September 2021 The decision is in line with national priorities fo...
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                                        CSO Statement on guidance to protect research during a second wave of COVID-19 activity22nd October 2020 Research, development and innovation are an integral and vital part of our NHS. The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) has been working with colleagues across the NHS to support the... Read full article 
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                                        Vacancy: NRS Communications Officer20th October 2020 An exciting opportunity to join the Communication team supporting Scottish Health Innovations Ltd (SHIL), NHS Research Sc... Read full article 
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                                        Participants being sought to take part in national COVID-19 trial12th October 2020 PRINCIPLE is a nationwide clinical trial to find COVID-19 treatments for the over 50s that can be taken at home Led by Oxford University, the Platform... Read full article 
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                                        Applied Research on Longer-Term Effects of COVID-19 Infection6th October 2020 The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) are launching a call for applied research proposals designed to improve understanding of the longer-term effects of COVID-19 infection on phys... Read full article 
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                                        Over 250,000 volunteers now registered for new COVID-19 vaccine trials as recruitment begins for Novavax study25th September 2020 Ten thousand UK volunteers have been invited to join the world’s first phase three COVID-19 vaccine study to test the effectiveness of the new Novavax COVID-19 vaccine Read full article 
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                                        10,000 NHS Scotland staff to take part in COVID-19 study8th 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... Read full article 
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                                        Over 100,000 volunteers now registered for COVID-19 vaccine trials17th 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... Read full article 
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                                        NHS Research Scotland Restarting Research Survey14th 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... Read full article 
 
                 
                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                 
                                                                             
                                                        