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As a member of the public, NRS Primary Care has a number of different ways for you to get involved We have a number of actively recruiting studies that you may find of interest We have a Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Group based in Glasgow This group meets to advise health researchers and NRS Primary Care on all aspects of the research process, including the materials used during research studies. We welcome patients, carers and me...

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ENRICH Scotland

Enabling Research in Care Homes  Improving the lives and health of people living in care homes is a major priority, but care home residents are generally underrepresented in research studies. Enabling Research in Care Homes (ENRICH) aims to change this by strengthening support for research outside the NHS. ...

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Our Staff

SDRN Executive Group members Professor Rory McCrimmon NRS Diabetes Lead Clinician Professor Rory McCrimmon trained at the University of Edinburgh and completed his clinical and speciality training in the South-East of Scotland before becoming an NHS Consultant Physician in Diabetes and Endocrinology at University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, in 2000. In 2002, he joined the faculty at Yale University, Connecticut, to further develop his basic research in the central regulatio...

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Andrew Deans

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Infectious Diseases Event Resources

Infectious Diseases Research Day 2025 The NHS Research Scotland Infectious Diseases event will be held on Tuesday 16 September at the V&A, Dundee This event is for all members of the Infection research team, including trainees, consultants, nurses and lab teams. Find out more about registration, abstract submission...

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Events

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Venue

The conference will be held at the Teaching and Learning Centre, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus, 1345 Govan Road, Govan, Glasgow, G51 4TF. The venue is fully accessible.  Group Transport To support delegates to attend the conference and encourage sustainability, complimentary group transport has been offered. Coaches will depa...

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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...

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CONSULT e-learning on designing and conducting trials involving adults with impaired capacity to consent

Cardiff University has developed the CONSULT e-learning course to support researchers to design and conduct trials involving this population It is aimed at researchers who are interested in learning about the topic as well as those who already have experience in this area and is useful for all types of research not just clinical trials.  It includes information relevant to the different devolved nations in the UK.  The e-learning is free to access and can be complete...

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NHS Research Scotland Mental Health Annual Scientific Meeting 2023

'Healthy Connections: from Cells to Society' This year we are hosting a hybrid event, with the opportunity to join us in person at the venue, or virtually online. Anyone interested and involved with mental health research in Scotland can attend. Regis...

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