External websites providing information about health and social care research.
The NIHR is a virtual organisation established by the Department of Health to deliver the Government's R&D strategy. The mission of Best Research for Best Health is to create a health research system in which the NHS support outstanding individuala working in world-class facilities, conducting leading-edge research, focused on the needs of patients and the public.
The UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) is a partnership of organisations working to establish the UK as a world leader in clinical research, by harnessing the power of the NHS. Our aim is to re-engineer the environment in which clinical research is conducted in the UK, to benefit the public and patients by improving national health and increasing national wealth.
BIS's focus is on raising and sustaining the UK’s economic performance, nationally and in the regions, to create the jobs, wealth and ideas which support a healthy economy and social wellbeing.
The Chief Scientist Office (part of the Scottish Executive Health Department) supports and promotes high quality research aimed at improving the services offered by NHS Scotland, and the health of the people of Scotland.
The Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care (WORD) aims to ensure that policy and practice in health and social care in Wales are underpinned by evidence, for the benefit of patients and the public.
The UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS) brings together key UK funders and stakeholders who provide support for the development sciences research base. Members of UKCDS will be working together to establish a framework for co-ordinating development sciences research in the UK.
The Clinical Trials Tool Kit brings together the legislation, guidance and good practice on the regulations. The information is particularly relevant to all publicly funded research in the NHS and is aimed primarily at investigators, trial managers and NHS R&D staff.
The Database of Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatments (DUETs) publishes uncertainties that cannot currently be answered by referring to reliable up-to-date systematic reviews of existing research evidence. Systematic reviews are based on worldwide searches for reliable, relevant evidence, analysed using methods to reduce biases and the play of chance.
The Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) is a single system for applying for the permissions and approvals for health and social care/community care research in the UK.
NRES co-ordinates Local and Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committees (LRECs and MRECs), on behalf of the NHS and maintains an overview of the operation of the research ethics system in England.
The National Research Register Archived database contains a comprehensive record of publicly-supported health research projects from early 2000 up to and including September 2007.
NHS R&D Forum is a network for those involved in planning and managing research in health and social care.
People in Research is helps members of the public make contact with organisations that want to actively involve them in clinical research.
The NIHR RD Info is a comprehensive web resource for health and social care researchers which provides information about research funding opportunities, research training and an advice service for health and social care researchers.
The UK's most complete range of information and research on all aspects of social care.
The Health Services Research Network aims to connect all universities, commercial and professional organisations, charities and NHS bodies with an interest in health services research.
UKCRC Experimental Medicine Resources is the definitive information resource describing the UK infrastructure for experimental medicine.
The UKCRC Regulatory and Governance (R&G) Advice Service is a UK-wide resource for those involved in health research (including non-portfolio studies). The Advice Service aims to provide consistent and authoritative advice on a range of R&G issues, primarily to support local advice providers, such as NHS R&D departments and university research.
