NIHR, 30 October 2013
- The 15 NHS Trusts/Foundation Trusts that will host the local branches of the NIHR Clinical Research Network from April 2014 have been announced as:
- Barts Health NHS Trust (host for the Clinical Research Network: North Thames)
- Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (host for the Clinical Research Network: Greater Manchester)
- Guys’ and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (host for the Clinical Research Network: South London)
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (host for the Clinical Research Network: North West London)
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (host for the Clinical Research Network: Eastern)
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (host for the Clinical Research Network: Thames Valley and South Midlands)
- Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (host for the Clinical Research Network: South West Peninsula)
- Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (host for the Clinical Research Network: North West Coast)
- Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (host for the Clinical Research Network: Kent, Surrey and Sussex)
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (host for the Clinical Research Network: Yorkshire and Humber)
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (host for the Clinical Research Network: North East and North Cumbria)
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Foundation Trust (host for the Clinical Research Network: West Midlands)
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (host for the Clinical Research Network: Wessex)
- University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust (host for the Clinical Research Network: West of England)
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (host for the Clinical Research Network: East Midlands)
- NIHR Clinical Research Network is the clinical research delivery arm of the NHS. Operating across England through a national co-ordinating centre and local branches, it provides funding to hospitals and surgeries to pay for research nurses, scans, x-rays and other costs associated with carrying out clinical research in the NHS.
- Starting on 1 April 2014, the 15 hosts will be awarded five year contracts from the Department of Health, to act as the Network’s local branches.
