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70 years of the NHS 1948-2018
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  • Buckinghamshire residents with vision loss invited to take part in NHS radiotherapy trial

    Buckinghamshire residents with vision loss invited to take part in NHS radiotherapy trial

    13 April 2018

    Buckinghamshire residents with a common eye condition are being asked to take part in an NHS trial into whether radiotherapy could replace eye injections.
  • Oxfordshire residents to take part in kidney disease study

    Oxfordshire residents to take part in kidney disease study

    13 April 2018

    One of UK’s largest observational studies of incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) in general practice gets underway this month, with 3,205 Oxfordshire residents involved.
  • Healthcare trainees invited to join NHS research scheme

    Healthcare trainees invited to join NHS research scheme

    04 April 2018

    Healthcare trainees in the Thames Valley and South Midlands are invited to join a scheme to learn about NHS research and help recruit to studies.
  • World leading NHS meningitis vaccine trial for teenagers

    World leading NHS meningitis vaccine trial for teenagers

    28 March 2018

    The NHS is inviting teenagers to join the fight against meningitis by taking part in a study to see whether giving a group B meningococcal (MenB) vaccine to teenagers reduces carriage of this bacteria in their throat, potentially providing protection to all ages from this dangerous infection.
  • Thames Valley patients report having a good experience of taking part in NHS research

    Thames Valley patients report having a good experience of taking part in NHS research

    15 March 2018

    A survey of patients’ experiences who have recently taken part in NHS research shows 95 percent had a good experience and 89 percent would take part in another study.
  • Gaynor raises awareness of NHS research at her local GP practice

    Gaynor raises awareness of NHS research at her local GP practice

    12 March 2018

    An Oxfordshire woman has shared her experience as an official ambassador for NHS research after being treated for bowel cancer, joining an NHS genetics research project and taking part in type 1 diabetes studies.
  • Children’s charities announce £2 million cash injection into child health research including Oxford-based project

    Children’s charities announce £2 million cash injection into child health research including Oxford-based project

    28 February 2018

    An Oxford researcher has received further funding for research into a children’s condition that causes jerky movements of the child’s eyes and body, unsteadiness on their feet, irritability and sleeping problems.
  • Pioneering dementia study opens first site in England in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

    Pioneering dementia study opens first site in England in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

    15 February 2018

    People in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire over the age of 50 are being invited by the NHS to join a pioneering European-wide study looking at long term risks for developing Alzheimer’s dementia.
  • Berkshire man living well with cancer thanks to NHS research

    Berkshire man living well with cancer thanks to NHS research

    01 February 2018

    A man with blood cancer has encouraged the public to take part in NHS research ahead of Sunday’s World Cancer Day after a trial drug helped him go into remission.
  • Applications welcomed for training bursaries

    Applications welcomed for training bursaries

    31 January 2018

    The NIHR Clinical Research Network Thames Valley and South Midlands are making funds available to support the training and career development of CRN research delivery staff.
  • Oxford NHS researchers recruit global first patient

    Oxford NHS researchers recruit global first patient

    29 January 2018

    Researchers at Oxford’s Churchill Hospital have recruited the first patient in the world to a trial into using gene therapy to attempt to cure Haemophilia B.
  • Flu vaccine study recruits first participants

    Flu vaccine study recruits first participants

    19 January 2018

    The world’s first NHS trial for a universal flu vaccine has recruited its first round of participants, with over 862 people signing up to take part since the trial launched in October 2017.
  • Q&A: Professor Mona Bafadhel, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford

    Q&A: Professor Mona Bafadhel, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford

    27 December 2017

    Professor Mona Bafadhel is an associate professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Medicine. She was the chief investigator on the COPD STARR study, which looks into taking blood samples from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - an umbrella term used to describe lung diseases - to tailor specific antibiotic and steroid treatments based on their white blood cell counts. She is now the chief investigator on a follow-up study, COPD STARR 2, which involves trialling tailored treatments, based on the results of COPD STARR.
  • “Our duty as being patients is to give something back to the NHS.”

    “Our duty as being patients is to give something back to the NHS.”

    27 December 2017

    Alison Macbeth Mitchell, 87, Oxford has kidney disease and is taking part in NHS research to test whether a new drug, provided by Roche Products Ltd, can be used to treat anaemia in kidney disease patients.
  • Thames Valley patients take part in national NHS trial to help reduce the risk of stomach bleeding in aspirin users

    Thames Valley patients take part in national NHS trial to help reduce the risk of stomach bleeding in aspirin users

    30 November 2017

    More than 1,700 Thames Valley patients have taken part in a major NHS trial that aims to find out whether a course of antibiotics can help to reduce stomach bleeding in aspirin users.
  • Nigel donates blood towards NHS diabetes research

    Nigel donates blood towards NHS diabetes research

    14 November 2017

    An Oxfordshire man who has diabetes and lost his sister and mother to the condition has urged people to take part in NHS research. Speaking ahead of World Diabetes Day, Nigel Hawkins said he has changed his lifestyle after being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
  • Q&A: Brad Mullins, Research Implementation Team, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

    Q&A: Brad Mullins, Research Implementation Team, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

    31 October 2017

    Brad Mullins, senior clinical research assistant at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, has recently helped recruit patients to the Virtual Reality (VR) study, where participants are shown computer-generated simulations of social situations (for example, being outside at a busy train station) to see if it can help them with anxiety.
  • GPs praise practice support team

    GPs praise practice support team

    23 October 2017

    An LCRN service to support GPs to embed research in their practices has been praised by family doctors after its first year in operation.
  • Artist and grandmother praises NHS breast cancer trial

    Artist and grandmother praises NHS breast cancer trial

    05 October 2017

    An Oxfordshire woman being treated for breast cancer has spoken of her research experience after an NHS trial drug is thought to have stopped her tumour from growing before it was surgically removed.
  • Newly published Clinical Research Nursing Strategy shows research nurses as ‘visible leaders’

    Newly published Clinical Research Nursing Strategy shows research nurses as ‘visible leaders’

    04 October 2017

    A strategy setting out the direction of travel for Clinical Research Nurses has been released by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN). The strategy sets out the next set of strategic goals, including for South London, for 2017-2020.
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