Useful Links
NIHR: The goal of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is to create a health research system in which the NHS supports outstanding individuals, working in world class facilities, conducting leading edge research focused on the needs of patients and the public. http://www.nihr.ac.uk/Pages/default.aspx
Department of Health: The Department of Health (DH) exists to improve the health and wellbeing of people in England. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/index.htm
MRC: The Medical Research Council is a publicly-funded organisation dedicated to improving human health. http://www.mrc.ac.uk/index.htm
NHS R&D Forum: The NHS R&D Forum is a network for those involved in managing and supporting R&D in health and social care. Our aim is to improve the environment for research in health and social care by facilitating and encouraging sharing of best practice, and working with other organisations. http://www.rdforum.nhs.uk/001.asp
MHRN: The Mental Health Research Network is part of the National Institute for Health Research and our mission is to help make research about mental health happen within the NHS in England. http://www.mhrn.info/
IRAS: Integrated Research Application System https://www.myresearchproject.org.uk/signin.aspx
NIHR CRN CC: As part of the National Institute for Health Research, we help to provide the infrastructure that allows high-quality clinical research to take place in the NHS, so that patients can benefit from new and better treatments, and we can learn how to improve NHS healthcare for the future. http://www.crncc.nihr.ac.uk/
NHS CFH: NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CFH) is part of the Department of Health Informatics Directorate. Its role is to maintain and develop the NHS national IT infrastructure. This infrastructure includes a number of national services and a range of national applications. http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/
NHS Research Capability Program: The Health Research Support Service (HRSS) is a ground breaking service to help researchers analyse a wide range of healthcare and other data. The service is being developed by the National Institute of Health Research's Research Capability Programme. http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/research
NIHR Clinical Research Network Study Portfolio Database: http://public.ukcrn.org.uk/search/
NHS Secure File Transfer: https://nww.sft.nhs.uk/sft/upload1
