NIHR News
NIHR research identifies who’s most likely to need knee replacement surgery redone
18 April 2019
Research funded by the NIHR has identified which groups of people are mostly likely to develop a severe infection after knee replacement surgery and therefore need the joint replacement redone.
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Developing the talent pool of Infection Early Career Researchers
18 April 2019
Research is the innovation that brings better healthcare and treatments to patients in the NHS and it is part of the NIHR’s role to ensure the talent pool of research active clinicians continues to thrive. The NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) Infection Specialty Group is helping do just that by making it a focus for their work.
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NIHR showcases medtech successes to investors
17 April 2019
Investors gathered in London to hear from researchers and medtech companies funded by NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i), as the programme celebrated its 10th anniversary.
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First participant on a global AMD trial signs up at Eastern trust
17 April 2019
A team in the Eastern region has recruited the first global patient to an ophthalmology trial
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The Liverpool Head and Neck Centre - Six Months Post Launch
16 April 2019
Hospital wards still running with too few nurses
16 April 2019
Hospital wards across the NHS still have too few nursing staff despite new policies coming into force as a result of the 2013 Mid-Staffordshire Inquiry, according to new research funded by the NIHR.
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Research informs best outcomes on type 2 diabetes treatment
15 April 2019
New research updates guidance to clinicians on how best to treat patients with type 2 diabetes who do not respond to glucose-lowering medication.
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Artist collaboration creates banner to showcase allotment experiences of dementia
12 April 2019
A banner created by people with dementia working with a trio of well-known artists has been unfurled at a special ceremony in Exeter.
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Patients and professionals develop strategy to improve research opportunities for teenage and young adult cancer patients
12 April 2019
Patients and professionals meet to explore ways to increase opportunities for TYA participation in NIHR Portfolio studies; to understand the structural and infrastructure factors that impact on TYA participation in clinical research and to develop combined stakeholder approaches to meet the Cancer Taskforce Recommendation that 50 per cent of TYA patients are involved in research studies by 2025.
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Cognitive behavioural therapy can provide better long-term relief for IBS symptoms than standard treatment, research finds
11 April 2019
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) tailored specifically for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and delivered over the telephone or online is more effective in relieving the symptoms of IBS than current standard care, NIHR funded research has found.
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The Clinical Research Network (CRN) South West Peninsula becomes the latest network to be chosen as a Pfizer INSPIRE site
10 April 2019