PROMOTING THE BEST RESEARCH IN NORTH CENTRAL LONDON
Who are We? And what do we do?
We are a small specialist unit supporting high quality research across north central London.
R&D Shared Support represents a partnership between Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield PCTs, and Haringey TPCT, Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust and Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust.
Our work is shaped by the Department of Health’s R&D Strategy Best Research for Best Health. Our mission is to ensure that high quality research, will make a real impact on patient care, is successful in getting funded through the new DH funding streams and from elsewhere – and that North Central London continues to be a research-active area hosting world class research. Current local priorities and existing areas of research excellence include mental health, sexual health and primary care.
More specifically we:
Manage the research governance process for the Trusts. Our small team of governance experts aim to support all researchers through the legal requirements of project registration, and in their accountability for public funds, in the most straightforward and time-efficient manner possible.
Advise researchers on funding opportunities. We do this by providing expertise on accessing the new DH funding streams; by gathering intelligence about other monies available to support research such as special Trustee funds and charities; and by keeping the Trusts up to date on the changing landscape of national priorities.
Assist researchers and manager on the accurate costing of research projects.
Work alongside academic and service partners to ensure research activity is aligned with service priorities and to maximise advantages of sharing good practice.
Help researchers develop their skills in bidding for, managing and disseminating successful research. We do this by running training and development workshops and providing networking opportunities at our annual conference and other events.
Share good practice and maximise intelligence about research by working closely with national research networks for example the Mental Health Research Network and our Comprehensive Local Research Network. We also host the Primary Care Research Network (Greater London) PCRNGL and Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN).
Commercial trials within the Trusts. All commercially sponsored clinical trials are managed through the R&D office. A set-up fee of £1000 is charged by the R&D office to deal with all aspects of the trial when using the Model Clinical Trials Agreement (mCTA) for pharceutical research. There will be a charge of £1500 when the mCTA is not used.