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NRS Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Update
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Primary Care
Primary Care is where most people experience NHS services with at least 90% of all health contacts taking place in primary care, in GP and dental practices and pharmacies. The NRS Primary Care Network is the national primary care research network operating in Scotland. The network was established in 2002 as a framework to coordinate national research activity in primary care. The overall aim of the network is to increase the amount of research relevant to patient care undertaken in a p...
Health Research Authority announce further updates to commercial agreements for participating NHS and Health and Social Care organisations
The agreements have been updated to align with the model Commercial Chief Investigator Agreements published in June 2025 The following suite of commercial model agreements for use with participating NHS and Health Social Care (HSC) organisations has been updated. Please share this information with the people in your organisation who agree and sign research contracts: Model Clinical Trial Agreements (mCTAs) including: The Primary Care mCTAs (PC-mCTAs) Th...
Scottish Cross-Sector Hub to bring together the country’s ‘data and digital health’ experts at third event
The Academy of Medical Sciences Scotland Cross-Sector Hub is inviting attendees to register for its third event aimed at enhancing collaboration this autumn The free-to-attend gathering, taking place at the COSLA Conference Centre in Edinburgh on Tuesday, 23 September, and hosted by NHS Research Scotland (NRS), will focus on research and innovation in ‘Data and Digital Healt...
Regenerative Medicine
For specific Coronavirus (COVID-19) research and guidance visit the Coronavirus information hub. The ageing population of the developed world requires a completely new class of treatments to address the major health needs created by degenerative disease. Conventional medicines treat the cause of disease (such as infection and autoimmunity) but do not repair the damage caused,...
NRS Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Update
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National showcase of Patient and Public Involvement set to return to Stirling next year
NHS Research Scotland (NRS) will be reaffirming its commitment to diverse voices being heard in research with a third powerful showcase of the country’s patient and public involvement initiatives The Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Conference 2026 will take place at Stirling Court Hotel — part of the University of Stirling Campus — on Tuesday 3 March, hosted by NRS and the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of Scottish Government. PPI partn...
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NHS Research Scotland works across Scotland with staff located across a range of NHS Boards. Please use this section to find the most appropriate contact. General Enquiriescommunications@nrs.org.uk Media enquiriescommunications@nrs.org.uk
Reproductive Health and Childbirth
Our role is to support delivery of high-quality clinical research in Reproductive Health and Childbirth and manage participant recruitment to time and target, for studies led from Scotland and other nations where Scottish sites are participating We provide support in the following areas: Managing the study portfolio record Monitoring recruitment to target Providing advice on study design and feasibility Troubleshooting where recruitment is not...
