e-Participate

In February it was announced that over one million people have actively participated in research studies run in primary care following the inception of the NIHR Clinical Research Network, an enormous achievement for all of those who have been involved. The primary care specialty supports or is involved in research relating to all 29 network specialties such as diabetes, respiratory and mental health, last year supporting over one quarter of the recruitment to the NIHR Clinical Research Network Portfolio.

Following on from the excellent recruitment last year in the West Midlands, with well over 20,000 people recruited into primary care research, CRN West Midlands’ Clinical Director Professor Jeremy Kirk commented:

‘It is a fantastic reflection of the commitment of GPs and other Primary Care researchers that more than 175,000 patients in our region have been given the opportunity to take part in high quality studies through their GP practices, contributing to this one million total.’

‘We are proud of our contribution, here in the West Midlands area, with 43% of our local GP Practices involved in research.”