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NHS Lothian R&D Conference 2025

This is taking place on Thursday 22nd May at the John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh.  The theme of this year's conference is 'The Evolving Landscape of Clinical Research in NHS Lothian'. We will be attending and will have a stall at the event so please come and talk to us. Register to attend

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Excess Treatment Costs for Research

NHS Boards are obliged to ensure that patient care services associated with R&D are provided and funded efficiently. This obligation includes additional treatment costs (defined under the AcoRD guidance) incurred during participation in a research project, normally referred to as “Excess Treatment Costs” or &l...

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Electronic Health Records

Information from electronic health records (EHR) has been extensively used in health and biomedical research in Scotland. It has enabled the development of novel approaches to life course epidemiology, cost-effective evaluations of large-scale health service and public health interventions, efficient long-term follow-up of clinical trials, and important work in pharmaco-epidemiology and a wide range of clinical research areas. Key Benefits: Integrated data sets El...

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Student Information & Work Experience

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHS GGC) are at the forefront of healthcare innovation, and the opening of the new Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) has established the largest hospital campus in Europe. The integration and collaboration of the Health Service and Universities in NHS GGC provides a robust infrastructure supporting an active clinical research community and enthusiastic research staff.  The network of Clinical Research Facilities in NHS GGC supports a busy...

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Dr Emma Law

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Venue

The conference will be held at the Teaching and Learning Centre, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus, 1345 Govan Road, Govan, Glasgow, G51 4TF. The venue is fully accessible.  Group Transport To support delegates to attend the conference and encourage sustainability, complimentary group transport has been offered. Coaches will depa...

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Events

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Publications

The latest publications from NRS Pain and across the pain research community The World Health Organization's (WHO’s) International Classification of Diseases (ICD) currently has no diagnostic codes for chronic pain. To rectify this, the WHO and the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) have developed, for the first time, a series of relevant codes for the forthcoming 11th edition (ICD-11). Blair H. Smith contributed to the WHO/IASP Task Force, and to a series o...

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NHS Research Scotland

  Our Vision To place Scotland at the international forefront of clinical research. Our Mission To support and promote excellence in clinical research in NHS Scotland, that will make a positive difference to patients health within Scotland, the UK and internationally. Our Role Help deliver high quality studies in the NH...

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Dr Emma Law

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