The NIHR provides researchers with the practical support they need to make clinical studies happen in both the NHS and the wider health and social care environment.
The NIHR supports research being delivered through 31 specialty therapy areas. Each specialty is made up of expert clinical leaders and practitioners who work at both national and local levels to ensure that studies are delivered successfully and to promote awareness of research opportunities for participants to take part in. The specialty groups also support the dialogue between the life sciences industry and charities to ensure the pipeline of research studies and to facilitate the involvement of participants to make research more effective.