As an NHS patient at Praze and Beeble surgery, you may be approached to participate in a clinical trial. We only participate in NHS, HRA and ethics committee approved studies to ensure you are receiving the highest standard of care possible.

In this practice we use electronic records, enabling us to perform searches for specific conditions and you may be identified as a potential study candidate by this method. The information always remains on site and is completely confidential

The aim of a clinical trial is to provide evidence to know which treatments work best, without trials this is not possible an d remember many treatments that you are receiving will have been tested in clinical trials. This is the only way we can improve the health of the nation.

Clinical Research is a key principal of the NHS and therefore supports and encourages us all to participate, by providing information and answering the questions that you may have to help you decide whether or not to take part in a trial

The following sites may be useful and please click on them to find out more.

Information from the NHS about clinical trials

http://www.library.nhs.uk/trials

Medical Research Council

http://www.mrc.ac.uk/

UK Clinical Research Collaboration

http://www.ukcrc.org/

UK Clinical Research Networks

http://www.ukcrn.org.uk/

National Institute of Health Research

http://www.nihr.ac.uk/

INVOLVE

http://www.invo.org.uk/

Your participation in a clinical trial is going to be greatly appreciated and make a difference, however, should you choose not to after being approached, we apologise in advance and thank you for giving it some consideration.