PRIDES LCRN Toolkit

This site is aimed at LCRN staff working in Primary Care and supporting the delivery of the PRIDES Service. You will find guidance on supporting study teams and GP sites who may want to use Health Informatics (HIs) as well as SOPs for developing and sharing HIs for NIHR Portfolio Studies. You will also find information about research coding in GP systems, data protection and sharing in Primary Care as well as links to Local PRIDES Sharing Platforms, workforce development and resources to help enhance research delivery in Primary Care settings.

Latest updates

We are pleased to announce that the PRIDES Hub temporary service is open for business!


The CRN PRIDES (Primary Care Research Informatics & Digital Environment Solutions) Hub Project aims to further standardise the Health Informatics (HI) development and sharing processes currently undertaken by LCRN staff, GP practices and study teams. This is concerning the development of Health Informatics tools, designed in GP Clinical Systems, to support the delivery of Primary Care Research. The PRIDES Hub aims to work collaboratively with all LCRNs throughout the country in an effort to assist and advise on all aspects of developing a new local PRIDES service, or enhancing the service that is already in place, within the project timeline running until March 2024.


We will be reaching out to all LCRNs individually over the next couple of months, but the first stage of this project is to open the Hub Inbox for business! From Tuesday 22nd November, we welcome all LCRNs to send through their queries related to PRIDES team construction as well as requests related to individual studies, to the inbox at prides-hub@nihr.ac.uk.


We have also updated the PRIDES Toolkit with resources specific to the delivery of the PRIDES Hub! This resource will give guidance on the areas in scope for Hub support, as well as how the Hub can support LCRNs to both resolve queries, whilst also offering support to contribute towards the development of the local PRIDES team.

What do you need help with?

Supporting the digital training and development of Primary Care Workforce

Disclaimer

  • This website provides a central area for access to Local PRIDES websites and sharing platforms. LCRNs have local ownership of the sharing process.
  • This website will be kept up to date to reflect all studies that have a Digital Solution created for sharing.
  • The website will host a list of contacts for each LCRN.
  • The CRNCC Team will coordinate discussion about national continuous improvement projects.
  • The CRNCC Team will signpost to the Lead LCRN as needed but will not troubleshoot for individual studies.
  • The Lead LCRN share details of Digital Solutions and Health Informatics with the CRNCC Team so it can be shared as a web link via this National website.​
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