Our Practice supports NHS research
CH Medical works with the research arm of the NHS, the National Institute for Health Research, to promote clinical research and offer our patients the opportunity to take part in ethically approved research studies.
Research has always been at the heart of the NHS. Through research we are able to continually improve treatments and discover the best ways to prevent, diagnose and manage illnesses. It also helps us understand how to best focus NHS resources where they will be most effective.
As a patient, you may at times be offered the opportunity to be involved in research studies which the Practice has agreed to support. The Practice’s level of involvement may range from simply having identified a suitable group of people from our database for an external researcher, to being a site where research activity is carried out.
As a practice, we are currently participating in the 'Me&MyCOPD' study and a study looking into Overactive Bladder Medication.
Useful information and links
Learn more about how patient information is used for health and care research on the Health Research Authority website:
https://www.hra.nhs.uk/information-about-patients/
Learn more about participating in research on the National Institute for Health Research website:
www.nihr.ac.uk/get-involved/research-matters.htm
Read about other people’s experiences taking part in research:
www.crn.nihr.ac.uk/can-help/patients-carers-public/research-changed-my-life
Read the latest report on the patient Involvement programme: PES report
If you want to find out about other research studies taking place close to where you live, visit the UK Clinical Trials Gateway and enter your postcode: www.ukctg.nihr.ac.uk
National campaigns include: Join Dementia Research and Research for the Future
Sign up to hear about what is going on locally: www.citizenscientist.org.uk
Join a free 4 week on-line course to learn more about research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFze7Oph7Hk&feature=youtu.be
Sign up to receive information about research studies you may be interested in joining: www.researchforthefuture.org
Join a public involvement forum: www.invo.org.uk www.csipublicinvolvement.co.uk
Read about the latest developments in public participation in research: https://www.crn.nihr.ac.uk/can-help/patients-carers-public/
CH Medical is currently signed up to FARSITE which provides a safe, convenient and effective way for the family GP to control the recruitment of their patients into clinical research, whilst allowing NHS-based researchers to run complex and powerful searches over anonymised population level health record data. For more details contact www.nweh.co.uk/products/farsite