Middlewood Research

Middlewood supports and delivers NHS Research

The research team at Bollington Medical Centre have been giving their patient population the opportunity to participate in clinical research trials of all types for more than 15 years. Middlewood works with the research arm of the NHS, the National Institute for Health Research Regional Research Delivery Network to promote clinical research and offer our patients the opportunity to take part in ethically approved research studies.

Research has always been at the heart of the NHS. Through research we are able to continually improve treatments and discover the best ways to prevent, diagnose and manage illnesses. It also helps us understand how to best focus NHS resources where they will be most effective. In addition, research activity itself may improve the overall performance of healthcare organisations.

Members of the research team also lead an NIHR sponsored peer network of primary care sites who are active in or aspiring to be active in commercial research across the North West of England. Training and mentorship opportunities are available for colleagues who are new to research delivery and want to access support.

As a patient, you may at times be offered the opportunity to be involved in research studies which Middlewood has agreed to support. The Practice’s level of involvement may range from simply having identified a suitable group of people from our database for an external researcher, to being a site recruiting to a global Randomised Controlled Trial of a new medication or treatment and providing all of the study visits and activity on-site.

We are one of the most Research active Primary Care sites in Greater Manchester/Cheshire, with a highly interested and involved Patient Population. There are many benefits of participating in Research – please find more to read about that in our ‘Information and Links’ section