York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive range of acute hospital and specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale - an area covering 3,400 square miles.
The Research & Development Office strive to increase the opportunities for patients and their families to be informed about, and involved in, our research and research processes.
The information on these pages will be relevant to York Hospital staff NHS Foundation Trust staff who are planning their own research study.
This section contains the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Guidance documents issued by the R&D Unit.
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About Us
The Research & Development Department are proud to support important clinical research throughout the majority of the Trust's clinical specialities and in our hospitals and community sites throughout the North Yorkshire region.
You will find more information on each of our research active specialities by clicking on the links in the menu on the left. If you are interested in conducting research in an area not listed please do contact the department on: research.governance@york.nhs.uk
Clinical hospital services at the Trust are divided into six Care Groups with defined specialities within each
1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023
York and Scarborough
125 research studies open to recruitment
3882 patients recruited into clinical trials
