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The NIHR Alder Hey Clinical Research Facility (CRF) provides a state-of-the-art and dedicated environment for patients, healthcare professionals, and academic and commercial partners to deliver leading edge research, placing Alder Hey at the forefront of improving the health and well-being of children and young people. It is the first ever facility of its kind in Merseyside and Cheshire.
Trò chơi bài pokerIn April 2017, the CRF received a substantial grant from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), enabling Alder Hey to further pioneer research to benefit children and young people. The facility is staffed by an expert team of paediatric research delivery staff including research nurses, doctors (including those with specialist clinical pharmacology knowledge), clinical trial pharmacists, research physiotherapist, research play specialist and clinical trial coordinators. This enables the CRF to safely deliver complex research studies of new medications and interventions, including those requiring inpatient overnight care.
Trò chơi bài pokerThe facility is fully equipped and purpose built to carry out experimental medicine and early phase research studies. The child friendly environment of the facility enhances the experience of all those involved in research and helps encourage greater participation.
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Studies conducted on the CRF are done so to strict Good Clinical Practice (GCP) standards. Sitting in the heart of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, it is located close to critical care, medical inpatient facilities and supported by clinical support services. This means Alder Hey is providing the highest possible quality environment for safety, clinical and research governance.
Trò chơi bài pokerResearch taking place within the CRF covers all specialties within the hospital, however priority areas include four Experimental Themes and three Experimental Clusters, each led by Theme Leads as detailed below:
Experimental Themes
Experimental Clusters
The CRF team provides an outreach role, working with clinical teams in Paediatric Intensive Care, Oncology, A&E and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at .
In addition we work in collaboration with the team at the to offer a “life-course” platform for research in the city of Liverpool and across the region.
Importantly the CRF works in partnership with the academic sector, including the Faculties of and at the University of Liverpool; at Liverpool John Moores University and the at the University of Central Lancashire to design and deliver research studies.
For more details, please contact: Matthew Bickerstaff, NIHR Alder Hey Clinical Research Facility Operational Manager matthew.bickerstaff@gerleddin.com
Professor Michael Beresford - Director
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Matthew Bickerstaff - Operational Manager
Dr Dan Hawcutt – Clinical lead
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Catherine McBurney – Research Nurse
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Jackie Glover – Research Play Specialist
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Lucy Cooper - Quality Assurance & Research Governance Lead
Are you publishing following a study conducted at the Alder Hey CRF? Please use the following statement as this is required by the NIHR:
This is a summary of independent research funded by [name of research funder] and carried out at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Alder Hey Clinical Research Facility. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the [name of research funder]Trò chơi bài poker, NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health.
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During the course of 2020, Alder Hey CRF’s young people’s research group, Generation R Liverpool was a partner in a European funded project to involve children and young people in the development of a research based tool kit to be used widely across Europe. Click here to read more.
