COVID and Me
A series of seven short dramas about people’s experiences of COVID-19 research
We are here to help you find out about health and social care research that is taking place across the UK.
We are here to help you find out about health and social care research that is taking place across the UK.
As the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 declines, some studies that had been put on hold are now restarting. This means that as people receive appointments for non-COVID care, there will be opportunities to take part in research alongside this. The healthcare team may put in place changes to minimise risks for people taking part in research from COVID, such as fewer face-to-face clinics or drive-through blood tests. Check this site or speak to your health professional for updates on opportunities to take part in research, as things are changing quickly.
A series of seven short dramas about people’s experiences of COVID-19 research
in COVID-19 research
in Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities
Information on what research teams are doing to keep you safe and what is being done to help protect you from COVID-19 and other potential risks during your research appointment.
Do you want to know how doctors and health professionals find new and better ways of preventing, diagnosing and treating disease? Join our online course to find the answer, hear first hand accounts of being part of research, and much more.
Find out about the opportunities available such as learning about research through a course, donating a sample to the NIHR BioResource bank to help research for chronic health conditions, giving feedback on research study design or registering your interest in helping Dementia Research.
Terminally ill patients and their family caregivers often have to manage complex medication regimes in their homes. However, little is known about how healthcare professionals support them in this. This study examined healthcare professionals’ understanding of the experiences of patient and family caregivers when managing medicines in end of life care. The study suggests simple, ...
The numbers of patients who take part in health research varies across England. But overall, health research does not take place in areas where the burden of disease is highest. A new study found that areas with the highest burden of disease have the lowest numbers of patients taking part in research. This means that ...
A programme in South Africa is successfully shifting the location of treatments for long term conditions from the clinic to the community. It is the largest programme of its kind in the world and a new study highlights the benefits to people living with HIV. The programme is called Centralised Chronic Medication Dispensing and Distribution ...
Parents-to-be are offered a range of tests to predict whether their baby is likely to have certain health conditions. Many are keen to have these pre-natal tests for reassurance. But sometimes the results are unclear, leaving parents to deal with uncertainty. New types of genetic tests look in detail at the baby’s genetic material (the ...
Most patients are open to receiving advice on behaviour change from their GP. That is especially true if the advice is personally tailored and relevant to their illness. A good doctor-patient relationship is also important for the way advice is given and received. The findings come from interviews with people about their experiences of receiving ...
The risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is higher among male prisoners than among men of the same age who live in the community. CVD affects the heart and blood vessels and increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes. The largest European study of the heart health of prisoners found that more than one in ...
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic and the constraints it has imposed on people is an issue of interest and concern to patients, service users, carers and health and social care professionals alike. In pandemic conditions it is likely that people’s existing mental health problems may get worse. Mental health may also decline because of social ...