Research - Western Sussex Hospitals

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Patient information – taking part in research

Many Western Sussex Hospitals patients take part in research studies that look to assess new treatments, devices or techniques against current standards of care to identify the best ways of looking after patients and keeping people healthy.

Information for researchers and health care professionals

Find out how we can help you to set up and run a research trial at Western Sussex, develop your research ideas and also for a range of clinical research training opportunities such as Good Clinical Practice ( GCP). Also find out more about help from the Research Design Service (RDS) and Health Research Authority (HRA).

Our Research & Innovation Strategy and other useful information

Read our Research and Innovation Strategy which describes how Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is working to improve everyday care and treatments and increasing opportunities for more patients, carers and their families to get involved with clinical research. This section also provides lots of other useful information related to clinical research in the NHS including how GDPR relates to research and your health information.

Research performance

We publish information on a quarterly basis summarising our performance in initiating and delivering clinical research.