Why is Research Essential to What You Do?

New treatments, technologies, care approaches and devices all need to be carefully and safely tested in real life healthcare environments. Clinical research in these environments is funded separately to the NHS, adding value to patient care as well as providing economic value.

Patient access to Clinical Research is recognised in the NHS Constitution and features in the CQC's annual Inpatient Experience Survey. It also has a high profile in the NHS Long Term Plan.

We also know that research is important to patients and nowadays nearly every trust has at least one patient research champion or ambassador working with trust staff.

Patients have more opportunity than ever to take part in health research and potentially benefit from new and revolutionary treatments. Without their commitment vital research that changes lives simply could not happen. Hear from patients, carers and their families, from across England, and their inspiring stories of lives transformed by research here.