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Roll out of meningitis vaccine saves children's lives

Multiple NIHR career development awards have supported researcher Dr Hannah Christensen’s influential work on the UK’s meningitis immunisation schedule.

Low-cost blood drug saves thousands of trauma patients’ lives

Results from the NIHR-funded CRASH-2 trial of tranexamic acid to control trauma bleeding have led to a worldwide change in practice and continues to drive wider use.

Optimising the wider impact of NCVR in secondary care

Explore how Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and its Clinical Research Facility is embedding National Contract Value Review (NCVR) and optimising the opportunity it presents.

Agile Research Delivery Teams take the ELSA study into schools

Discover how our Agile Research Delivery teams are increasing research inclusivity and adopting participant-centric approaches by bringing research opportunities into schools.

Bringing research to patients home to improve quality of life in palliative care

Learn how our Agile Research Delivery Teams are delivering decentralised clinical trials through home-based care for patients with advanced liver disease.

Maximising recruitment with mobile research buses - a people-centred approach

Discover how our Agile Research Delivery Teams have deployed mobile research buses, ensuring convenient participation for research participants and alleviating capacity constraints in hospitals.

From festivals to places of worship: Bringing research to South Asian communities

Hear how our Agile Research Delivery teams are working with community leaders and leveraging community networks to engage South Asian communities in research in a range of out-of-hospital settings.

Agile Research Delivery teams take LOLIPOP study into the community

Learn how our Agile Research Delivery teams are helping to address health disparities and paving the way for delivering more inclusive research in the community.

Why NCVR is a 'no-brainer' for general practices seeking to deliver commercial research

Learn why Cripps Health Centre signed up to the UK-wide voluntary scheme for GPs to accept prices generated by the UK interactive Costing Tool as part of the National Contract Value Review process.

Tackling fatty liver to manage diabetes and other diseases

Supported by an NIHR Senior Research Fellowship award, Professor Trenell developed a digital behaviour change platform for people with type 2 diabetes, excess weight or liver disease.