National Institute for Health Research
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The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is a UK government body that coordinates and funds research for the National Health Service (England)
. Its tagline is "Improving the health and wealth of the nation through research". It supports individuals, facilities and research projects, in order to help deliver government responsibilities in public health and personal social services. It does not fund clinical services.
NIHR has a specialist liaison team which works with industry - including companies manufacturing medical devices, diagnostics, biotech and pharmaceuticals - to ensure that industry needs concerning clinical research are considered in the development of new infrastructure, processes and practices. It offers support with feasibility assessments, patient recruitment and ethical approval.
The NIHR has a Clinical Research Network that consists of six Topic-Specific Clinical Research Networks, a Primary Care Research Network and a Comprehensive Clinical Research Network. The specific topics include Cancer, Diabetes, Medicines for Children, Stroke, Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases (DeNDRoN) and Mental Health. These networks aim to provide the infrastructure to support commercial and non-commercial high quality research in the NHS, including clinical trials.
The Clinical Research Network has a Coordinating Centre, which is responsible for managing the overall performance of the Networks. In addition to this, the Coordinating Centre team develops and delivers streamlined central systems (CSP), and undertakes specialist cross-cutting activities to support the commercial life-sciences industry, develop the research workforce, and promote patient and public involvement in clinical trials.
A consortium from the University of Leeds
, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
, the Medical Research Council (UK)
Clinical Trials Unit and University College London
was selected to act as the NIHR CRN CC Coordinating Centre. The Clinical Research Network has Coordinating Centre offices in both Leeds and London.
The Mental Health Research Network is managed by a partnership between the Institute of Psychiatry
and the University of Manchester
.
National Health Service (England)
The National Health Service or NHS is the publicly funded healthcare system in England. It is both the largest and oldest single-payer healthcare system in the world. It is able to function in the way that it does because it is primarily funded through the general taxation system, similar to how...
. Its tagline is "Improving the health and wealth of the nation through research". It supports individuals, facilities and research projects, in order to help deliver government responsibilities in public health and personal social services. It does not fund clinical services.
NIHR has a specialist liaison team which works with industry - including companies manufacturing medical devices, diagnostics, biotech and pharmaceuticals - to ensure that industry needs concerning clinical research are considered in the development of new infrastructure, processes and practices. It offers support with feasibility assessments, patient recruitment and ethical approval.
The NIHR has a Clinical Research Network that consists of six Topic-Specific Clinical Research Networks, a Primary Care Research Network and a Comprehensive Clinical Research Network. The specific topics include Cancer, Diabetes, Medicines for Children, Stroke, Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases (DeNDRoN) and Mental Health. These networks aim to provide the infrastructure to support commercial and non-commercial high quality research in the NHS, including clinical trials.
The Clinical Research Network has a Coordinating Centre, which is responsible for managing the overall performance of the Networks. In addition to this, the Coordinating Centre team develops and delivers streamlined central systems (CSP), and undertakes specialist cross-cutting activities to support the commercial life-sciences industry, develop the research workforce, and promote patient and public involvement in clinical trials.
A consortium from the University of Leeds
University of Leeds
The University of Leeds is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS hospital trust in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.The Trust was formed in April 1998 after the merger of two previous smaller NHS trusts to form one city-wide organisation...
, the Medical Research Council (UK)
Medical Research Council (UK)
The Medical Research Council is a publicly-funded agency responsible for co-ordinating and funding medical research in the United Kingdom. It is one of seven Research Councils in the UK and is answerable to, although politically independent from, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills...
Clinical Trials Unit and University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
was selected to act as the NIHR CRN CC Coordinating Centre. The Clinical Research Network has Coordinating Centre offices in both Leeds and London.
The Mental Health Research Network is managed by a partnership between the Institute of Psychiatry
Institute of Psychiatry
The Institute of Psychiatry is a research institution dedicated to discovering what causes mental illness and diseases of the brain. In addition, its aim is to help identify new treatments for them and ways to prevent them in the first place...
and the University of Manchester
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
.
See also
- National Institute for Health and Clinical ExcellenceNational Institute for Health and Clinical ExcellenceThe National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is a special health authority of the English National Health Service , serving both English NHS and the Welsh NHS...
- National Mental Health Development UnitNational Mental Health Development UnitThe National Mental Health Development Unit is a governmental organisation in England charged with supporting the implementation of mental health policy...