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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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Training and Events

The Network try to ensure a presence at relevant events across the country and share training opportunities of interest to the children’s research community. The Network is not responsible for the content on external pages.

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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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Events

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Infrastructure

Clinical research is embedded within our NHS facilitating timely access to resources and a strong support infrastructure. Scotland operates a centralised system to support clinical research and improve quality, efficiency and co-ordination. Working on a pan-Scotland basis a responsive infrastructure has been implemented to encourage researchers to bring studies to Scotland and ensure that obtaining R&D permission is...

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Health Professionals

Please see our GP information leaflet for further detail on how the network can support you to take part in research within a primary care setting. A recent article by Dr David Shukla, a GP working in Dudley, England gives his perspective on the value of getting involved in research within Primary Care. "Involvement with research benefits patients, doctors and...

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Edinburgh Research Facility

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Infectious Diseases Event Resources

Infectious Diseases Research Day 2024 The NHS Research Scotland Infectious Disease Research Day, an event targeted at students, trainees, nurses, consultants and clinical scientists took place at the V&A Dundee on 18 September 2024. Presentations from the day can be downloaded in PDF format. If you require a different format to access these presentations, please contact the Specialty Grou...

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About the Network

The NRS Stroke Research Network aims to expand stroke research in Scotland whilst ensuring it is of high quality, timely and better tailored to the needs of the people of Scotland. The Network is funded by the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) and is steered by an Executive Group which represents four regional research committees: East Scotland, North East Scotland, South East of Scotland and West of Scotland. The Executive Group aims to include key stroke researchers in Scotland, plus...

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News

This section provides information on the latest news from NHS Research Scotland. You can also subscribe to Research Bulletin, our monthly newsletter, by accessing our subscribe form. All media enquiries should be directed to Fiona Fleming, Communications Manager on 07549891564 or

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