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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
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Webinar: UK Research Participation Across the Ages — Data from the Year of Birth Project
The webinar will present initial findings from the NIHR Year of Birth project, describing ages of research participants in UK portfolio health and care research studies With input from Ageing leads and other speakers, the discussion will have a focus on the inclusion of older adults in research. Itwill also cover recent and ongoing initiatives to increase the participation of older adults. As the Year of Birth data have implications for all portfolio studies, the webina...
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,...
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
Study Pathway
NHS Research Scotland works collaboratively across all Health Boards to provide a comprehensive and complete service. This national approach results in fast, efficient and reliable support to deliver high-quality clinical trials in Scotland. If you would like to place a feasibility enquiry with Scottish Health Boards, please contact feasibility@nrs.org.uk.
Making Care Home Research Accessible
What is RICH Voices? Research In Care Homes (RICH) Voices is the equivalent of a Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) group for ENRICH Scotland. PPI is a method of including people in decisions about research and related activities. Instead of professionals making all the choices, PPI combines experiences, opinions, and ideas of the people who might be affected the findings of research. Our key aim is to collaborate with people living and working i...
Mental Health Network champion collaborative research benefits with Inverness event success
North of Scotland research collaboration ambitions were placed in the spotlight during a successful event this month, funded and organised by the NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Mental Health Network Held at the University of Highlands and Islands’ Life Sciences Innovation Centre in Inverness on Friday 8, the North Node Research Collaboration event placed a focus on research around psychosis — a core feature of severe mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, which affect...
Research and Development Contacts
Local delivery, development and governance of clinical research is achieved through regional nodes working with NHS boards to provide support across Scotland. Visit the Node pages for further details. North NHS Grampian Research and Development OfficeForesterhill House AnnexeForesterhillAberdeen
Electronic Signature
NRS welcomes efficient methods of document transfer in the research approvals and study set-up process. Applications for RECs and HRA Approval are made electronically from IRAS, and applications to CAG should be made by email. Applications in IRAS have electronic authorisation. Other documents may include electronic signatures. NRS does not require ink signatures on any re...
Ageing
The NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Ageing Specialty Group's role is to support the delivery of high quality clinical research relevant to the care of older people. We help to manage participant recruitment to time and target, both for studies which are led from Scotland, and studies led from other nations which Scottish sites are participating in. We provide support in the following areas: Managing the study portfolio record Monitoring the attainment of rec...
