Research

Research is central to ensuring services are effective and that new treatments and ways of delivering care continue to be identified that enable recovery and prevention, reduce disease burden, improve quality and increase productivity.

We believe that the health and wellbeing of the people we serve and the services we provide can be significantly improved through supporting, enabling and participating in the development of the health research evidence base.

What We Do

Research governance advice and support
Research feasibility advice and support 
Assessment of capacity and capability’ for studies (part of HRA approval process)
Contractual review and oversight for research studies 
Management of research funding
Performance management of research and troubleshooting
Research information management and reporting
Development of research infrastructure, capacity and capability e.g. Principal Investigator mentoring 
Research partnership building
Promotion of research internally and externally
Signposting 
Consenting of research participants and data collection for NIHR Portfolio studies

To support us staff identify potential research participants for future projects to ensure that they are given the opportunity to participate in research projects. This will help to achieve this strategy by identifying potential research participants for future projects.

Studies that are currently active or in follow-up are listed in the documents available under Downloads on the right of this page.

Contact Us

For further information, please contact us on hnf-tr.ResearchTeam@nhs.net or (01482) 301726.

Our Strategy

Our Research Strategy outlines our journey to achieving an outstanding reputation for research.

The three overall priorities set out in this research strategy are: 

Research embedded as a core component of clinical services
Enhanced community involvement and awareness
Growing our strategic research presence and impact

Our Studies

Please contact us for a list of the latest studies we are involved in.

More about Research and how to get involved

If you've ever been interested in research and would like to learn more, watch our animation video below and find out how to get involved: