Sheffield Teaching HospitalsNHS Foundation Trust

pioneering research to improve care

Thank you for taking part in clinical research

Clinical research helps us to try and understand how we can all live longer and healthier lives and the results of our research can benefit people all around the world.

Clinical research staff are able to work with staff in clinic and in-patient areas, as well as within the Clinical Research Facility, to make taking part in research as simple as possible.

We are a research active Trust, with dedicated research facilities at the Northern General Hospital, Royal Hallamshire Hospital and Weston Park Hospital. These sites provide a warm and welcoming environment for anyone wanting to take part in research.

Our Clinical Research Facilities

To find out more about the Sheffield NIHR Clinical Research Facility please visit www.sheffield.crf.nihr.ac.uk

I joined the Diabetes and Endocrine Lay Panel because I have diabetes and hence I am interested in Diabetes Research in particular.

From the Panel, I have learnt more about diabetes and about the research process, and about some very interesting individual research projects.

I have enjoyed participating and also enjoyed the social aspect.

Brenda Riley Diabetes & Endocrinology Lay Advisor Panel

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Why I take part in clinical research

Many people in South Yorkshire suffer from heart disease and we are making great strides towards improving the effectiveness of treatments that we can provide. It has been very rewarding to hear the perspectives and opinions of those who have received treatment for heart disease when designing research studies in this area and this has helped to prioritise and design studies for answering important questions.

Professor Rob Storey Academic Director for Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery Directorate

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Thank you from one of our researchers

Professor Rob Storey Academic Director for Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery Directorate

It has been a great privilege to work alongside patients, carers and other members of communities significantly affected by HIV to develop our Lay Expert Advisory Panel (LEAP).

LEAP has provided a great resource for researchers in the wide range of HIV related research that is happening in Sheffield and across South Yorkshire HIV Network. I am grateful to LEAP for their enthusiasm and words of personal experience that have helped researchers to develop new research studies here and to participate effectively in national studies.

Thank you from one of our researchers

Dr Christine A Bowman Clinical Director, Communicable Diseases & Specialised Medicine Directorate

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Thank you. We couldn’t do our research without your support and it makes all the difference.

Professor Dave Dockrell Academic Director for Communicable Disease Directorate

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Thank you from one of our researchers

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Further information

• To find out more about getting involved in research, please visit www.sheffieldclinicalresearch.org

• People in Research is a National database allowing you to find out more about ways to get involved in research. To find out more please go to www.peopleinresearch.org

• The UK Clinical Trials Healthcare Gateway provides easy to understand information about clinical research trials running in the UK, and gives you and others access to a large range of information about these trials. It is designed to enable you and your clinician to locate and contact trials of interest to you. To find out more please go to www.ukctg.nihr.ac.uk and simply search for a condition or disease and add ‘Sheffield’.

• INVOLVE is a national advisory group that supports greater public involvement in NHS, public health and social care research. They offer a large range of information and supporting documents that explain PPI in detail. To find out more please go to www.invo.org.uk

• The UK’s major funder of clinical research, the National Institute for Health Research is committed to improving the health and wealth of the nation through research and involving patients in all aspects of its work. To find out more please go to www.nihr.ac.uk/get-involved/

Professor Dave Dockrell Academic Director for Communicable Disease Directorate

“Without you, breakthroughs in medicine simply wouldn’t be possible”

Professor Simon Heller Research and Development Director, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Thank you for taking part

Clinical Research Office Sheffield, D Floor, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road Sheffield S10 2JF

Tel: 0114 226 5911 Fax: 0114 226 5937 Email: getinvolved@sth.nhs.uk Website: www.sheffieldclinicalresearch.org