We support all aspects of information, intelligence and data visualisation relating to studies on the NIHR Portfolio. This includes system development, data management, ad hoc reporting, advice and guidance. Find out more about the NIHR Portfolio.
The Central Portfolio Management System (CPMS) is the primary national system for managing studies on the NIHR Portfolio.
If you are a Chief Investigator, Study Coordinator or Research Activity Coordinator, you should have been given access to this system when the study was set up. If you do not have access and need to manage your study's recruitment, please contact supportmystudy@nihr.ac.uk. If you do not manage a study but wish to see data relating to its recruitment and progress, we have other tools which are better suited to analysis. In particular:
Since 2019/20, recruitment for Portfolio studies is being handled through a new process. Rather than being uploaded by study teams in a big batch, recruitment in most cases will be sent to CPMS from the activity recorded by site teams in individual LPMSs, which study teams will then check and either confirm or send back with a query. In some cases, where it is not possible for recruitment to be recorded at sites, those studies will be designated as exceptions and recruitment will continue to be recorded by the study team in regular uploads.