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

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 in the Thames Valley and South Midlands are invited to join a scheme to learn about NHS research and help recruit to studies.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

An LCRN service to support GPs to embed research in their practices has been praised by family doctors after its first year in operation.

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.

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.