How the role of clinical research nurses in the NHS has changed
The last 10 to 15 years have seen a significant shift in clinical research in the health service – it is now a mainstream activity with a large workforce
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When people imagine nurses, it could be Florence Nightingale or Mary Seacole, or the nurses working in GP surgeries or on busy hospital wards. They are less likely to think about the growing body of NHS nurses who specialise in clinical research to develop next generation treatments.
Dr Susan Hamer, workforce development director at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network, says that the last 10-15 years have seen a significant shift in clinical research in the NHS. Instead of “being a bit of a hobby”, it is now a mainstream activity with a large workforce of the NIHR Clinical Research Network sponsored clinical research nurses (CRNs) – about 4,000-strong - who support, manage and lead trials.
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