Clinical Research Practitioners

Welcome to your North West CRP page

North West CRP Co-Engagement Leads -

Mary Speake, Kathryn Slevin, Caroline Winckley & Claire Corless

This web page is designed to be a hub for all North-West based Clinical Research Practitioners (CRP),

whether you hold that job title or feel you have a role that matches CRP requirements & competence.

It is designed & managed by the NW CRP Co-Engagement Leads to complement what's already available nationally.

If you feel there's a potential gap, please write to mary.speake@nihr.ac.uk

Join a Community of Practice for

North West Clinical Research Practitioners

Are you interested in

growing the CRP as a profession?
connecting with CRPs across organisations?
creating a sense of professional belonging?
shaping future practice?
adding to your continuing professional development

To express an interest in attending, please complete this CoP expression of interest form, using your professional email address

(NB - no personal email addresses will be processed).

**Please note - there will be a revamped format for the CRP Community of Practice launched soon, we will update this page with more information shortly**

National Information & Social Media

Have a look at the NIHR CRP webpages, plus the new NIHR CRP community website and stay connected with your peers via the CRP LinkedIn Group, or the @CRPractitioners Twitter account.

Follow @NIHRCommunity and remember to use the #CRPractitioner hashtag in your tweets.

NIHR CRP Bulletin January 2025

From Directory to Registration

Need support with your

registration application?

These national resources are available that may help you with completing your application:

National CRP Drop in sessions -

help with completing your CRP register application

The Academy runs monthly drop-in sessions for Clinical Research Practitioners and Line Managers who would like to know more about the Directory or PSA Accredited Register.

This is your opportunity to find out more about the application process, portfolios, writing reflections, or any other queries you may have.

You are welcome to join when you can, within the hour. This is not a formal meeting, rather an opportunity for you to ask a quick question and have your answer straight away.

Information about the sessions in 2025 will be added soon at this link.

The NIHR Research Delivery Network supports a network of local CRP engagement leads and you will find further information on the NIHR CRP community website.

Support with Key Skills

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Enhance your reflective writing skills

The resources to the right have been curated to help fine tune your reflective writing skills as it will be a key feature of any potential application for the CRP Register

You may also find that the NIHR Learn Insights resource is a useful one to explore too. It's a bi-monthly online magazine published on on NIHR Learn and looks at different aspects of research each edition. We'd encourage you to explore the full range, but some editions you might find useful to start:

May 2021 (identifying your learning needs) May 2022 (reflective practice)
July 2022 (CRPs) May 2023 (reflective practice revisited)

Did you know we have a CRP Community on NIHR Learn?

In the NIHR Learn CRP Community, you will be able to view learning resources for CRPs that can assist the application to the CRP register and then help with continuous professional development.

There is a link to the CRP Online Forum where CRPs can connect with each other nationally and discuss different topics. Anyone can add a new discussion topic. The forum is for CRPs only and they will require an enrolment code to enter. CRPs on the directory receive the enrolment key via the CRP Bulletin (sent out monthly).

Need to sign up for the CRP Directory? You can sign up via this page - AHSC Directory

North West CRP Community of Practice - June 29th '23

If you were unable to attend, make sure to catch up with the June 29th '23 CRP CoP resources from the meeting.

North West CRP Community of Practice - March 23rd '23

If you were unable to attend, make sure to catch up with the March 23rd CRP CoP resources from the meeting.

NIHR CRP Conference Resources March 7th '23

On March 7th, an event was held to celebrate the second anniversary of the CRP accredited register.

If you were unable to attend, make sure to catch up with the March 7th CRP Conference resources from the event.

North West CRP Community of Practice - December 8th '22

If you were unable to attend, make sure to catch up with the December 8th CRP CoP resources from the meeting.

AHSC CRP Conference

March 14th '22

If you were unable to attend, make sure to catch up with the AHSC CRP Conference resources from the meeting.

Welcoming CRP Registration

March 4th '20

This conference was held to launch the AHCS accredited register.

If you were unable to attend, make sure to catch up with the CRP Registration Event videos and CRP Registration Event slides from the conference.