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This website has been created with the involvement of medical staff and patient groups throughout. It was created in response to Government requirements for improvements in information available to patients. It is hoped that such information will help patients to understand their illness and become more involved in treatment decisions. It also includes a support group search and an A-Z of illnesses.
Health research is done with patients and other volunteers. CERES supports both new and widely-used medical techniques being tested, to see if they are safe and effective. CERES works to help the voices of patients and research subjects to be heard more clearly.
INVOLVE aims to ensure that public involvement in Research and Development in the NHS, public health and social care improves the way that:
- decisions are made about what should be a priority for research
- research is commissioned (chosen and funded)
- research is carried out
- research findings are communicated
NIHR National Institute for Health and Research
The National Institute for Health Research is now established as a part of the Government's strategy, ‘Best Research for Best Health’. Together they are committed to establishing the NHS as an internationally recognised centre of research excellence through supporting outstanding individuals, working in worldclass facilities, conducting leading-edge research focused on the needs of patients and the public.
CLRN (BBC) Comprehensive Local Research Networks (Birmingham and the Black Country)
The National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre (NIHR CRN CC) supports clinical research and helps to facilitate the conduct of trials and other well-designed studies within the NHS.
IRAS Integrated Research Application System
For applying for the permissions and approvals for health and social care / community care research in the UK
This page was last modified on Wed Apr 11 2012
