Clinical Research Office Sheffield

Description

The Clinical Research Office is a partnership between Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest and most successful NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, boasting a number of world-renowned services, and the University of Sheffield, a world-class university with a reputation for outstanding research.
As one of 21 teaching hospitals across the country, our researchers and academics have a strong track record of clinical and research excellence, pioneering new treatments and drugs that are now routinely used in clinical practice. Together with the University of Sheffield, we provide a number of cutting-edge research facilities to develop the talents, skills and specialisms of our researchers, which in turn improves patient care.

We aim to:

• Support researchers by delivering high quality research support, assistance and education in partnership with the University of Sheffield’s Research and Innovation Services
• Help researchers set up studies quickly and efficiently
• Provide expert advice on research design and analysis.

Our expertise is second to none:

• We work closely with NHS staff, leading academics, patients, members of the public and industry partners to develop new trials and studies that will enable new treatments, drugs and services reach the clinic quicker, and faster.
• Our dedicated team will guide you through the research process – whether you are simply wanting to complete a research questionnaire or need advice on the complex process of study set-up and initiation.
• As one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, we offer a number of specialist clinical services, and can provide you with access to leading specialists – many of whom are at the forefront of their fields – transforming research ideas into tangible products and services.
• We support clinical research across all of our clinical directorates, and our research is supported by a number of state-of-the-art facilities which is underpinned by high quality clinical care.

Our world-class facilities include:

• A £1million MRI scanner, capable of capturing never-seen-before detail in the lungs and brain
• Two purpose-built Clinical Research Facilities, located at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and the Northern General Hospital, which have enabled 30,000 patients to take part in clinical research since they opened in 2006. Both are formally recognised as ‘centres of excellence’ by the Department of Health
• The Sheffield Medical School, one of the country’s leading medical schools, home to some of the country’s brightest medical students and highly rated in independent assessments
• The Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, a world-leading £18 million research centre bringing together leading scientists and clinicians from across Europe to develop new technologies and studies aimed at improving the lives of people living with motor neurone disease, a devastating illness leaving sufferers unable to talk, walk, breathe and eat.

Public involvement in research

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have established a number of patient panels who provide our researchers with invaluable insights into how specific research studies should be designed and which areas of research would benefit and further improve health and healthcare.

We run a number of specialist research panels to help design and inform research in the following areas. Our current lay advisory panels are as follows:

– North Trent Cancer Research Network
– The Cardiovascular Research Patient Panel
– The Research Advisory Panel for Infectious Diseases (RAPID)
– The South Yorkshire Dementia Research Advisory Group (SYD RAG)
– Lay Advisory Panel for Diabetes & Endocrine Research
– Reproductive Health Research Public Advisory Panel
– The Lay Advisory Panel for bone research
– Sheffield Addiction Recovery Research Panel (ShARRP)
– Sheffield Emergency Care Forum (SECF)
– The Lay Expert Advisory Panel for the South Yorkshire HIV Network (LEAP)
– The Sheffield Motor Neurone Disorders Research Advisory Group (SMND RAG)
– The Professional Services Directorate Patient Panel
– Specialised Rehabilitation Lay Advisory Panel

http://www.sheffieldclinicalresearch.org/for-patients-public/