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National Cancer Research Network
The National Cancer Research Network (NCRN) is a managed research network dedicated to providing a world-class health service infrastructure to support cancer research in England. It is their aim that the number of patients entering clinical trials will be doubled in the
next five years.
http://www.ncrn.org.uk
National Co-ordinating Centre for Service Delivery and Organisation
The NHS Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO) Programme is a national research programme that has been established to consolidate and develop the evidence base on the organisation, management and delivery of health care services.
http://www.sdo.lshtm.ac.uk/
National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment
The programme works to provide all those who make decisions in the NHS with high-quality information on the costs, effectiveness and broader impact of health care treatments and tests.
Details of the different ways the public are involved in the HTA programme are outlined on their consumer pages. Service users and NHS Professionals can submit suggestions for topics to be considered for research funding online.
http://www.ncchta.org
National Electronic Library for Health - Specialist Library for Patient and Public Involvement
This Library aims to support the implementation of patient, user, carer and public involvement in health care by providing access, in one location, to the best information which is available on the Web.
http://www.library.nhs.uk/ppi/
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
The National Institute for Health Clinical Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations on treatments and care using the best available evidence. NICE is committed to producing guidance for the NHS that meets the needs of patients, carers and the public and that involves patients, carers and the public in its development.
There are opportunities for patient, carer and public involvement at a number of levels.
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=208935
National Institute for Health Research
The National Institute for Health Research is committed to establishing the NHS as an internationally recognised centre of research excellence through supporting outstanding individuals, working in world-class facilities, conducting leading-edge research focused on the needs of patients and the public.
http://www.nihr.ac.uk/
National Research Ethics Service (NRES)
National Research Ethics Service
The National Research Ethics Service works with colleagues in the UK to maintain a UK-wide system of ethical review that protects the safety, dignity and well being of research participants, whilst facilitating and promoting ethical research within the NHS.
http://www.nres.npsa.nhs.uk/
National Research Register
The National Research Register (NRR) is a database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS).
http://www.nrr.nhs.uk
NHS R&D Forum
The NHS Research and Development Forum is an organisation for
individuals and departments involved in the management and planning of R&D activities and in conducting R&D in health and social care. The
purpose of the Forum is to improve the environment for research within
organisations delivering health and social care by encouraging high
standards and providing support and communication networks.
http://www.rdforum.nhs.uk/
NIHR School for Social Care Research
The School for Social Care Research (NIHR SSCR), funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), formally began work in May 2009. Led by Professor Martin Knapp (LSE) and with a budget of £15 million over five years, the SSCR is a partnership between five leading academic centres of social care research in England. This follows the success of NIHR's first such research School – the NIHR School for Primary Care Research.
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/NIHRSSCR/Default.htm
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