Course: Essentials of NHS Research Virtual Course
Date: 27 October 2025 (2 days)
Location: Virtual
Price: £390 + VAT
Duration: 1 days
Course Description:
Research delivery across health, care and community settings
Research is increasingly taking place across a growing range of health, care and community settings. Delivering it successfully requires an understanding of research principles alongside practical arrangements that work for participants, staff and host organisations.
This course combines the core principles of NHS research management with practical approaches to delivering research across a diverse range of health settings. Delegates will follow the research journey from initial planning through set-up, delivery and completion. They will explore who needs to be involved, what permissions and agreements may be required, how to assess organisational readiness and how to adapt delivery to different environments.
Through learning, discussion and practical exercises, delegates will develop and apply their learning.
Delegates will leave with a good understanding of research fundamentals and research delivery plans, with clear next steps for their own organisation or role.
Who is the Course for?
This course is designed for those new to research in the NHS. The course might also be of interest to colleagues in industry, academia and the third sector that would like to better understand managing NHS research or just for those with a desire to learn more about how research is developed and conducted across the UK.
Learning Objectives:
Content covers
- Understanding the research landscape.
- Roles and responsibilities of sponsors, investigators, providers and delivery teams.
- Proactively involving patients, service users, carers and the public in research design and delivery.
- Assessing readiness, staffing, facilities, costs and agreements in determining capacity and capability.
- Study management and sharing findings.
The course introduces UK-wide principles and highlights where requirements differ by nation, setting and study type. Specialist regulatory, costing and contractual processes are signposted for further learning.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course participants should:
1. Understand NHS research in context: the UK-wide healthcare system, research regulation and policy plus the role of an R&D function in an organisational setting and patient and public involvement.
2. Know what managing research involves, including roles and responsibilities, capacity and capability, finance, safety and contracts.
3. Understand how to develop, design, set up and carry out quality research.
4. Understand the requirements for oversight of the research journey including dissemination and implementation.
5. Consider the role of leadership, strategy and culture for research with impact.