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Mental Health
Mental Health is one of the major public health challenges in Scotland. Around one in four people are estimated to be affected by mental ill-health in any one year. Scotland’s mental health research community is active in leading research in areas such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, depression, addictions and psychosis. The NRS Mental Health Network provides support to improve the quality and quantity of research and promote ...
‘Apply for bowel cancer research grant to help improve early diagnosis of UK’s second biggest killer’
The NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Cancer Network has urged researchers in Scotland to take advantage of a new grant aimed at improving early diagnosis of bowel cancer A pilot grant is being offered by Bowel Cancer UK, offering up to £50,000 “to support innovative research” into Scotland’s second most common cause of cancer death. The grant is aligned to its Research Strategy, which is focused on stratifying bowel cancer risk, improving screening, and enha...
Reproductive Health and Childbirth Speciality Group seeking new Clinical Lead for ‘exciting opportunity’
The NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Reproductive Health and Childbirth Specialty Group has a vacancy for a Clinical Lead, considered to be an ‘exciting opportunity to make a real difference’ The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) is looking to make an appointment over the next few months to support the effective delivery of research projects, including increasing the number of patients enrolled into trials and helping to reduce barriers to participation. The
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Stroke Training and Awareness Resources (STARs)
The Stroke Training and Awareness Resources (STARs) project was commissioned by the Scottish Government to produce an e-learning resource which would enhance the educational opportunities for health and social care staff working with people affected by stroke This e-learning resource provides a learning tool for health and social care staff to enable them to become more knowledgeable and skilful in the challenging area of stroke care. STARs modules; Stroke Core Competenci...
Metabolic and Endocrine
Our role is to support the delivery of high-quality clinical research in Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders and 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 recruitment targets Providing advice on study design and feasibil...
Laboratory Skills Workshop
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About
NHS Research Scotland (NRS) promotes and supports excellence in clinical and translational research in Scotland so that patients can benefit from new and better treatments. Formed through a partnership of Scottish NHS Boards and the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of Scottish Government, we work to ensure that NHS Scotland provides the bes...
NRS Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Update
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Research in Scotland
Strong infrastructure and world-class clinical and academic expertise create a vibrant research environment in Scotland with clinical research embedded within our NHS. As a location for research and clinical trials, Scotland has a number of advantages over many other countries, including: A single unified health system – NHS Scotland A