Taking part in primary care research

Research is important because it helps to improve your healthcare by finding out which treatments work best. In the last financial year over 428,000* people participated in research in England and over 142,000* of those participated in studies in a primary care setting.

If you are interested in becoming a participant in research:

• You could ask your GP, dentist or other primary care health professional to consider any research studies that you may be eligible for
• You can contact your Primary Care Local Research Network and find out which studies are taking place near you
• You can search the NIHR Clinical Research Network Portfolio Database for studies that we are supporting nationally
• You can find out more on the patient and public pages of the Clinical Research Network website, which includes links to search some of the registers/databases of ongoing research in the UK.
• Or you can contact our Patient and Public Involvement Manager and they will point you in the right direction