NHS Research Scotland
@nhsresearchscotland
Ensuring NHS Scotland provides the best environment to support clinical research so patients can benefit from new and better treatments.
📢 The @nrs-pain.bsky.social / SPaRC Annual Scientific Meeting is now open for registration, abstract submission and exhibitor enquiries. Submission for both abstract categories closes on Tuesday 6 October. Register and submit now 🔗 https://shorturl.at/DuMh5
Applications are now open for the Scotland Partnership Advancing Research Careers for Clinicians (SPARCC) Awards, a new Medical Research Council (MRC)-funded programme supporting clinicians to develop their research careers. Find out more 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4t2cdy2f
Non-commercial research sponsors across the UK are being asked to share their views on plans to mandate the use of unaltered model research agreements. Read more, and get in touch with @hralatest.bsky.social by Friday 14 August 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/ycvvyr3k
The latest edition of NHS Research Scotland's newsletter, Research Bulletin is out now! Featuring news from Scotland's Health Research Register and Biobank (SHARE), @ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.social and more. Read this month's stories and subscribe to never miss an issue 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/6wnr36aa
Thanks to SHARE, the Scottish Health Research Register and Biobank which celebrated its 15th anniversary this week, over 36,320 volunteers have been able to take part in vital health studies. Read the full story 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/bdf9m7ff
Established by NHS Research Scotland in 2011, SHARE, the Scottish Health Research Register and Biobank, celebrated its 15th anniversary connecting Scottish researchers and volunteers this week. @uofgregiusanna.bsky.social Read the full story 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/bdf9m7ff
An exciting opportunity for motivated, experienced, Post-CCT General Practitioners has been announced, designed to build capacity and leadership in commercial clinical trials delivered in primary care and community settings. Find out more 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/b2x5memr
A pioneering initiative for connecting Scottish researchers and volunteers who want to take part in studies that improve the country’s health is celebrating its 15th anniversary today (28 July). Read the full story 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/bdf9m7ff
Applications are open for General Practice Commercial Clinical Trials Fellowships across Scotland, helping to expand commercial clinical trial delivery into primary care and community settings. Find out more 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/b2x5memr
Save the date! 📢 Join us for a collaborative symposium, bringing together four research areas to discover how Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Renal, and Metabolic (CVRM) specialities are uniting to deliver innovative, holistic multi-morbidity clinical trials. Read more 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/3xtue8vx
The Chief Scientist Office are delighted to announce that applications are now open for the next round of Clinical Academic Fellowships. Read the full information and apply 🔗 https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/clinical-academic-fellowship-now-open-for-applications-2/
@ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.social mobile clinics will visit locations including Arbroath, Bathgate, Elgin, Forfar, Glenrothes, Inverurie, Kilmarnock, Leven, Linlithgow, Motherwell, Perth and Straiton — with more locations to come. @uofgregiusanna.bsky.social Read the story 🔗 https://bit.ly/4wtDWQV
From early July, @ourfuturehealthuk.bsky.social’s mobile clinics will travel across Scotland to enable more people to take part in health research. Read the full story 🔗 https://www.nhsresearchscotland.org.uk/news/our-future-healths-mobile-clinics-launch-in-scotland
NHS Ayrshire and Arran are running a Research Mentorship Scheme throughout 2026–2027, open to all NHS Scotland staff and designed to provide inclusive, structured pathways to enable colleagues to gain research skills. Read more 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yzywvzvj
This year's Edinburgh Clinical Trial Management Course (ECTMC) will provide practical guidance and facilitate discussion on key topics associated with setting up and delivering clinical trials. Read more and register 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/mwbzefva
Applications are being invited for the role of Research Nurse Manager for the @nhsggc.bsky.social Clinical Research Facility, offering an opportunity to ‘influence service development, lead high-performing teams and improve outcomes for patients’. Read the full story 🔗 https://bit.ly/4y0cwUf
Applications are being invited for the role of Research Nurse Manager for the @nhsggc.bsky.social Clinical Research Facility, offering an opportunity to ‘influence service development, lead high-performing teams and improve outcomes for patients’. Read the full story 🔗 https://bit.ly/4y0cwUf
The NHS was officially founded on July 5, 1948. Decades later, major health charities established Research Appreciation Day on the same date to highlight that modern clinical care cannot exist without robust science. @uofgregiusanna.bsky.social Read the full story 🔗 https://bit.ly/4p2tFsn
NHS Research Scotland is marking a powerful double milestone for healthcare on 5 July, as the NHS anniversary coincides with global #ResearchAppreciationDay. Read the full story 🔗 https://bit.ly/4p2tFsn
📢 Save the date! The NHS Research Scotland Genetics and Rare Diseases Specialty Group, alongside the Scottish Clinical Genomics Forum are hosting an in-person event, free for academic, clinical, government and third-sector colleagues. Find out more 🔗 https://bit.ly/3QvxlX6
Registration and call for abstracts are now open for the NHS Research Scotland Infectious Diseases Event 2026. The deadline for abstract submission is Sunday 12 July. Register and submit 🔗 https://lnkd.in/exTkmZBN
The NHS Research Scotland Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network is visiting Inverness, Wick, and Thurso to speak to, and learn from, health and social care staff, community groups, and people with lived experience of neurodegenerative diseases. Read the full story 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/39eb9fd4
Leading members of an NHS research network are heading to the Highlands next month to meet anyone interested in participating in the study of conditions such as Dementia, Huntington’s Disease, and Parkinson’s Disease. Read the full story 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/39eb9fd4
Nominations are now open for Scotland's Health Awards, with the Innovation category offering an opportunity to be recognised for developing groundbreaking research which aims to improve health and social care outcomes. #HealthAwards26 @uofgregiusanna.bsky.social Read more 🔗 https://bit.ly/4eRO0wb
Registration and call for abstracts are now open for the NHS Research Scotland Infectious Diseases Event 2026. The deadline for abstract submission is Monday 29 June. Register and submit 🔗 https://www.nhsresearchscotland.org.uk/calendar/nhs-research-scotland-infectious-diseases-event-2026
Are you new to, or looking to build confidence when it comes to Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) and not sure how you should be doing it? Then the PPI Summer School is for you. Read more and register 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/497cj24n
A two-day conference organised by the NHS Research Scotland Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network, the Scottish Dementia Research Consortium (SDRC), and @brainhealtharc.bsky.social took place in Stirling under the theme ‘Celebrating Scottish Research’. Read more 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yezfsp32
A vacancy is now open to oversee running of the NHS Research Scotland Primary Care Network — a Chief Scientist Office funded initiative which works to consistently improve the quality and quantity of primary care research conducted across Scotland. Read more and apply 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/54d2w37e
A next-generation drug with the potential to keep myeloma at bay for nearly a year has been approved for use across the NHS in Scotland, following a successful clinical trial at @nhstayside.bsky.social. Read the full story 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4ame6t95
A vacancy is now open for the role of @nrsprimarycare.bsky.social Network Manager with applications being invited up to the end of Friday 26 June. Read more and apply 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/54d2w37e