Summary
Providers with innovative projects have until 7 May to apply for NIHR funding.
Primary care organisations are invited to apply for up to £300,000 to purchase equipment, non-permanent buildings or carry out refurbishments that enable clinical research.
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has launched a capital funding investment programme to help providers enhance accessibility, increase patient recruitment and address inequalities.
Full details of the application process can be found on the NIHR website. The closing date for applications is 1pm on Thursday, 7 May.
If you have any questions about the scheme, you can submit them using the NIHR applicant query form.
Practices looking to get involved in routine research studies can check the NIHR Primary Care Research Hub.
The latest research opportunities from the North West Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) are as follows:
- ANTLER75+ – is recruiting adults aged 75 years or over who have been taking an antidepressant but are now well enough to stop (depression improved). The trial aims to see if it is better to continue on the antidepressant for a further 12 months or to taper off and discontinue to prevent a relapse.
- EXTOD-Active– The effect of interrupting sitting with regular active breaks on glycaemia and daily insulin dose in sedentary people with type 1 diabetes. Participants will complete pre-randomisation baseline procedures before allocation to four weeks of habitual activity (control) or active breaks. Interstitial glucose concentrations (fGM), insulin dose and physical activity/postural transitions (ActivPAL) will be monitored throughout. To improve generalisability and feasibility of recruiting the required number of participants, the study will be completed in a free-living environment using remote data collection methods.
- DISCA (Sleepbuddy) – University Hospital of Southampton have asked GPs in our region to display posters in their patient waiting rooms to advertise their study. The aim of this study is to see if a new website, Sleep Buddy, can help parents and carers of children aged six to 12 years with a diagnosis of ADHD, to improve their child’s sleep. Sleep Buddy was developed by parents and carers of children with ADHD working with sleep experts. It has personalised information and advice on how primary caregivers can manage their child’s sleep problems with videos and top tips from other parents. The website will help primary caregivers to create a sleep plan to help their child’s sleep.
If you’d like to learn more about clinical research, you can get in touch with the regional team by emailing: nw.rrdn@nihr.ac.uk
More information about clinical research and the work of the NIHR NW RRDN can be found on the PCB website.
