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Care Home Research Accessible Summaries
We aim to enable researchers to share findings, raise awareness, and bridge the gap between “everyday practice” and academia. An accessible summary is a short piece of content used to explain research to members of the public. By co-creating these summaries, we can foster the outreach of wider academics and/or care home researchers to engage with people with lived experience by sharing findings and showcasing these outputs to have lasting impacts. We have integrated media tools (
Student Information & Work Experience
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHS GGC) are at the forefront of healthcare innovation, and the opening of the new Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) has established the largest hospital campus in Europe. The integration and collaboration of the Health Service and Universities in NHS GGC provides a robust infrastructure supporting an active clinical research community and enthusiastic research staff. The network of Clinical Research Facilities in NHS GGC supports a busy...
Training and Events
The Network try to ensure a presence at relevant events across the country and share training opportunities of interest to the stroke research community. For any enquiries regarding training, please contact Karen McBurnie at karen.mcburnie2@nhs.scot. The Network is not responsible for the content on external pages.
Edinburgh Clinical Trials Management Course 2025
Scottish Stroke Care Audit conference 2026
Joint Scottish Stroke AHP Forum and Scottish Stroke Nurses Forum conference 2026 The annual SSCA national meeting will be held on Thursday 27th August 2026 at Glasgow Caledonian University. This is for information only at this point to allow you to hold the date and further details on registration, agenda etc. will follow in due course.
UK-wide Working
A combined IRAS Form that merged the REC and R&D Forms has been used since March 2016 for research projects where the lead NHS R&D office is based in England. For research projects created in IRAS from the evening of 28 June 2017, the single IRAS Form will also be used in place of separate REC and R&D Forms for projects where the lead NHS/HSC R&D office is based in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales. Projects already in the system will continue to use separate forms. R...
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
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Name of organisation NHS Lothian Population 978K Annual outpatient visits 730K R&D Director Professor Alasdair Gray Address Usher Building, The University of Edinburgh, 5-7 Little France Road, Edinburgh BioQuarter (Gate 3), EH16 4UX Telephone 0131 242 6476 Email
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...
Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Groups
If you are interested in joining the patient and public involvement community in Scotland, several groups run across Scotland focused on a range of therapy areas. The sections below contain information on the groups, frequency of meetings and contact information.
