Patients and public
If you are a patient or carer, or perhaps a member of public with an interest, you can help research. You could become a participant in clinical research study that may benefit many people. You could even help shape clinical research by becoming more actively involved and having a say.
In the NIHR Clinical Research Network, we want more successful clinical research studies to be happening in the NHS for the benefit of patients. For that we need you. Here you will find video and written resources that show what research is and why it is important. You can find out how your contribution could benefit others and yourself through:
- becoming a participant in a clinical research study that will help shape and improve services and treatments available to patients in the NHS
- working with researcher professionals and clinicians (e.g. doctors, nurses) to help ensure clinical research studies reflect patients needs and priorities so that studies are more ‘patient friendly’ and work better when they are underway in the NHS
- seeing how much your local hospital or doctors surgery is engaged in clinical research and how you might be able to influence them.
Short film
Part four of 'My research journey'. One man's journey to recovery and how his role as a patient representative has grown.
Latest news
Patients give an insight into whether questionnaires used in clinical research do the job they're supposed to.
The importance of research for clinical trials and studies:
- What patients think about research
- How you can search for clinical trials
- Your Trust's performance on research
How you can take part in a clinical study or trial:
- Videos of real patient experiences
- How to become a research participant
- Searchable databases for clinical studies in the UK
How you can get actively involved in clinical research:
- Research activities happening in the UK
- How to get involved in the research process
- Advice available from specialist research networks
