Research

The NIHR is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. Working in partnership with the NHS, universities, local government, other research funders, patients and the public - they fund, enable and deliver world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing.

In England, the NIHR has 15 Clinical Research Networks (CRNs) that support health and social care research across the country. Between April 2022 and March 2023 the NIHR CRN’s helped 1,003,285 participants take part in research.

At HCT we are part of the local North Thames clinical research network which supports us with the delivery of research within our services and the wider care settings.

• Find out more about NIHR here.
• Find out more about CRN North Thames here .

The Research Office sits within Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust’s Quality directorate. It is the first point of contact for:

• Clinical Research Networks
• National Institute for Health Research
• Sponsors of research
• Researchers seeking to work in the trust
• Patient groups wanting more information on research
• Trust staff involved in research
• Regulatory and administrative work on clinical trials
• Local promotion of specific trials and research in general

Research Lead

Email Anne Lim

Clinical Research Nurse

Email Diane Hammond

Clinical Research Nurse

Email Janet Cotta

Clinical Research Nurse - Agile Workforce

Email Gemma Nash

Address

If you need to write to us, our postal address is:

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust Research Office
Howard Court 
14 Tewin Road 
Welwyn Garden City 
AL7 1BW