There were celebrations all round for ADVOCATE - ADVancing radiOtherapy teChniques as A Team - the FAST clinic team (Northern Ireland Cancer Trials Network (NICTN) and Northern Ireland Cancer Centre (NICC) who were winners of two Northern Ireland (NI) Health Care Awards hosted at Stormont hotel in October. The first award received was winners for the best collaboration between clinic, academia and industry. Following this, the team were presented with overall winner!
The Health Research Authority (HRA), in collaboration with NHS Research Scotland, Health and Social Care (HSC) Northern Ireland and Health and Care Research Wales, has launched a new toolkit to make it easier to set up research across the UK.
More consideration should be given to primary care studies from the very start of any pandemic, in order to prevent worsening of patient symptoms and reduce hospital admission.
Building Research Partnerships (BRP) training is a partnership with Health and Social Care Research & Development Division and the Northern Ireland Cancer Trials Network, who have been providing training for over 10 years to give people an opportunity to learn more about Personal and Public Involvement (PPI) in research. PPI means involving people in all aspects of the research process as partners.
