Innovation & Improvement

Our vision

The vision for Continuous Improvement in the Clinical Research Network is to make Improvement and Innovation everyone's business.  

We want to see it embedded in our thinking, our leadership behaviours and our practice, enabling a cutting edge organisation which delivers better outcomes and services for our customers and stakeholders. 

Ideas Cloud

The Ideas Cloud is one way of telling us of an idea you may have to improve how your work area operates. 

Watch this short video about the  Ideas Cloud  to find out more.

You can submit your idea directly here.

Case Studies

Many exciting projects have been completed by CRN East of England and our Partners. 

Why not have a look at these case studies, as you may find a new way of working! 

CRN EoE Core Team Project Dashboard

The core team is working on many innovative ideas to improve the way we operate.  We have developed this project dashboard  to capture the fantastic work that is on-going, and to support our colleagues. 

The Process  Document and Lifecycle of the project can be found here. 

Supporting you to Innovate

We love hearing about your ideas and seeing you innovate and we realise sometimes support is needed. 

You can find more help via our Buddy App.

Please contact us, we're here to help!  

Debbie Campbell, Workforce Development Training Manager - debbie.campbell@nihr.ac.uk

Sally-Anne Hurford, Research Delivery Manager - sallyanne.hurford@nihr.ac.uk

Chris Beckwith, Deputy Research Delivery Manager - chris.beckwith@nihr.ac.uk

Jennie White, Administrator - jennie.white@nihr.ac.uk