The impact of smoke-free prisons in Scotland
25 October 2020
NIHR-funded researchers find an 80% reduction in harmful second-hand smoke concentrations following smoking ban in Scotland's prisons.
25 October 2020
NIHR-funded researchers find an 80% reduction in harmful second-hand smoke concentrations following smoking ban in Scotland's prisons.
21 October 2020
The Nursing and Midwifery Incubator is a community of professionals committed to supporting and developing the careers of nurse and midwife researchers.
20 October 2020
New drug helps medical teams make the best decisions to manage critically ill patients.
13 October 2020
The Hearing Aids for Music project was the first large-scale investigation of hearing aid users’ experiences with music, leading to the development of resources for use by audiologists and hearing aid users to best manage the musical needs of patients.
02 October 2020
A leading mental health clinician and researcher in Yorkshire and Humber has gone from fleeing war-torn Afghanistan as a teenager to being awarded a British Citizen Award and being appointed as a NIHR Clinical Research Specialty Lead.
01 October 2020
Leigh Franks is a Clinical Research Practitioner and shares her experiences of the job, what it’s been like during the last few months since the pandemic began and why she feels there’s a bright future ahead for healthcare professionals working in this field.
29 September 2020
The UK’s Urgent Public Health response has been applauded by global life science company, Roche, as COVACTA, an international COVID-19 trial, closes to recruitment in nine countries.
18 September 2020
Since 2016 the GenOMICC study has been researching what genetic factors affect whether people become severely ill from an infection. With the help of the NIHR, the study has rapidly ramped up to investigate coronavirus infection, studying genes from hundreds of very unwell patients to help understand what treatments might help tackle COVID-19.
18 September 2020
The NIHR is supporting REMAP-CAP; a nationally-prioritised study which aims to provide answers about the best treatment options for COVID-19 patients who develop pneumonia.
18 September 2020
An NIHR-funded and supported trial is seeking to resolve internationally conflicting guidance about respiratory support for severely ill COVID-19 patients. By collating vital evidence, in a robust way, this trial aims to determine which method of non-invasive respiratory support may have the best outcomes for patients, reduce the need for mechanical ventilation and decrease the burden on critical care wards.
18 September 2020
The PRINCIPLE trial is the first to test potential treatments for COVID-19 through GP surgeries.
18 September 2020
The REALIST trial is offering an innovative cell therapy treatment for patients with acute respiratory failure caused by COVID-19.
18 September 2020
The NIHR-supported RECOVERY trial is leading the way in identifying treatments for this new infectious disease.
17 September 2020
The MOAM trial is the first ever large-scale trial of treatment for offenders with antisocial personality disorder. It provides an excellent demonstration of the impact of patient and public involvement in research.
15 September 2020
Manu Shankar-Hari, NIHR Clinician Scientist in Intensive Care Medicine, has been instrumental in a number of COVID-19 research projects.
14 September 2020
NIHR trial finds that a single dose of preventative prophylactic antibiotics, halves the risk of infection for women who have assisted vaginal births.
11 September 2020
A dramatic 800 calorie a day diet that has been shown to reverse diabetes is currently being piloted in the NHS across England. This follows a successful NIHR-funded trial that showed the effectiveness of the liquid diet and a larger trial into how the diet could be rolled out into everyday practice.
02 September 2020
Christine Comer was entering the third year of her NIHR Clinical Lectureship when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Find out about her experience and how she has found returning to her research role.
17 August 2020
A quick bedside test can deliver diagnosis of respiratory virus infection in children and allow clinicians to treat patients while protecting others from infection. Results from recent trials could change care pathways in the future.
04 August 2020
It is possible to reduce the number of pneumococcal vaccines given to babies and children without increasing their risk of serious and fatal infections. An NIHR-funded trial demonstrated that fewer injections can deliver immunity in the UK, leading to the government changing the pneumococcal vaccine schedule from three doses to two.
31 July 2020
Being partway through a PhD in prison telemedicine meant public health specialist Chantal Edge was perfectly placed to lead a national rollout of telemedicine across English secure sites as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
29 July 2020
Healthcare workers from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are putting their own health at risk to care for patients with COVID-19. But new research funded by the NIHR and UKRI, part of a multimillion package of new projects on COVID-19 and ethnicity, aims to understand that risk and provide evidence to inform the response to the pandemic.
16 July 2020
"The advancement of a treatment for Duchenne patients amenable to exon 53 skipping was made possible through excellent collaboration with GOSH’s BRC and CRF, Prof. Francesco Muntoni and the esteemed SKIP-NMD consortium members."
14 July 2020
“It has been one of the most busy and challenging times of my career. It has also been the most rewarding.”
23 June 2020
Phil was hospitalised with COVID-19 in early April 2020. Struggling to breathe, he was grateful to have the chance to take part in the RECOVERY-RS trial and hoped he’d be able to help other people as a result. While recovering at home but still feeling the effects of the virus, he told us his story.