Links

The below information includes details of specialist websites and organisations that might be helpful for researchers and members of the public who have an interest in active public involvement in research. Please click on the Logo image to go to their website.

Please note that referring visitors to the websites listed on this page does not mean that the Research Design Service – South Central endorses all or any of the content or opinion expressed in these linked sites.

The National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) was established in 2004 to improve the standards of research methods across the UK social science community. NCRM aims to advance methodological understanding and practice through its research and training programmes, and engagement with other initiatives and organisations.

The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve reliability and value of medical research literature by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of research studies.


PROSPERO is an international database of prospectively registered systematic reviews in health and social care. Key features from the review protocol are recorded and maintained as a permanent record in PROSPERO. This will provide a comprehensive listing of systematic reviews registered at inception, and enable comparison of reported review findings with what was planned in the protocol.

 

 
The Wessex Health Innovation and Education Cluster strives to provide developmental resources to the health and care services.
 
The Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) is a membership organisation of the leading medical and health research charities in the UK.

 

 
A research committee operates within the BSG to advise the society on research matters.  The committee aims to involve BSG members in clinical research that aims to improve patient safety and services.

INVOLVE is an advisory group operating on a national level which supports greater public involvement in NHS, public health and social care research. It is funded by the National Institute for Health Research, (NIHR).

The National Institute for Health Research is a UK government body that coordinates and funds research for the National Health Service.

The Medical Research Council (MRC) operates as a publically funded body to co-ordinate and fund medical research in the UK.

A branch of the NIHR the Primary Care Research Network (PCRN) focuses on research conducted during the primary stages of illness.

 

The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) is the UK’s only professional and learned society devoted to the interests of statistics and statisticians.