clinical research

R&D team highly commended in prestigious competition

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has been highly commended in a prestigious national competition for the work it has done to maximise clinical research activity across the region.

Clinical research is the way that doctors gather evidence about new treatments, in order to improve patient care in the NHS. Most NHS organisations do some level of research, but there is a national drive to...

Plymouth spearheads NHS clinical research

Clinical research is on the rise in the NHS and Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is spearheading the trend according to a new league table published last week.

Clinical research is a vital part of the NHS and provides the evidence required to establish ‘what works’ to help develop effective treatments for patient care. Last year Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust increased the number of studies...