Date: 14 December 2016
Category: CRF News • Industry News
Author: Vivienne Pittas
The CRF nursing team were recently presented with five beautiful drawings donated by a patient for the ward. Both the patient and family praised the care, dedication and professionalism of the CRF Nursing Team and decided to donate the drawings which…
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Date: 18 November 2016
Category: CRF News • Industry News
Author: Vivienne Pittas
Today the Department of Health announced a further £112 million investment into NIHR Clinical Research Facilities (CRFs) across the country. Following a competitive application and assessment process, funding has been awarded to 23 NHS organisations. Provided over the next five years,…
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Date: 27 October 2016
Category: Industry News
Author: Vivienne Pittas
The Cambridge CRF were one of nine centres to work on a trail led by researchers at the University of Oxford and Bristol to evaluate the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and acceptability of three major treatment options: active monitoring, surgery (radical prostatectomy)…
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Date: 21 October 2016
Category: Industry News
Author: John Chipperfield
A study that took place on the CRF has been widely published. Professor Sadaf Farooqi found people having a preference to high-fat foods is linked to their genes after studying people eating chicken korma and Eton Mess. The study was…
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Date: 28 September 2016
Category: Industry News
Author: John Chipperfield
In September Dame Professor Sally Davies used our nut allergy study as a showcase of excellent research to benefit patients. The study has been used to brief Treasury personnel to show the value of research in the NIHR. The NIHR…
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Date: 15 September 2016
Category: Industry News
Author: John Chipperfield
Caroline Saunders, Head of Clinical Operations in collaboration with Professor William van’t Hoff at Great Ormond Street CRF and colleagues at the UKCRF network at the Manchester NIHR/WT CRF have produced a CRF brochure, which includes our peanut and cytosponge…
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Date: 14 August 2016
Category: Industry News
Author: John Chipperfield
Caroline Saunders, our Head of Clinical Operations, has written an article regarding participants involvement in research within a CRF. The article has been published in the INVOLVE newsletter and is based on the findings of two surveys conducted on behalf…
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Date: 11 July 2016
Category: Industry News
Author: John Chipperfield
On Monday 4 July, the Addenbrooke’s Clinical Research Centre (ACRC) had a topping out ceremony for a new building which extends their current facility. The topping out ceremony signifies the final piece of the building is set in place. The…
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Date: 3 February 2016
Category: Industry News
Author: John Chipperfield
The Cambridge News wrote an article why research is important at Addenbrooke’s, it featured our CRF research nurse, Nick Fosh. Nick said: “Without places like the Cambridge CRF and without research in general you can’t get advancements in health care….
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