The state of play and emerging opportunities

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The state of play and emerging opportunities
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Aim of CLRNs

• To provide the NHS infrastructure to support
  clinical research across all areas of disease and
  clinical need
• To help streamline the research management
  function for UKCRN portfolio studies supported by
  the networks
• It will do this by
• Establishing a managed set of clinical research
  networks covering all of England
• Identifying a national portfolio of studies (both
  multi centre and single centre)
• Funding infrastructure (NHS support costs) for
  portfolio studies that networks are actively
  contributing to
• Supporting the research management of these
  studies (through dedicated staff working to
  streamlined systems and processes)

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London (NW) Business Plan 2009/10

• Clear priorities outlined including 20
  increase in accruals plus
• Progress high quality, accurate, information on
  portfolio studies and accruals
• Develop working links with member organisations
  and topic networks
• Targeted investment in primary care.
• Develop use of speciality leads acting as local
  champions
• Review the optimal model of operational
  effectiveness and organisational design.

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Funding London (NW) - 7.5m

• For North West London Hospitals NHS Trust so
  far
• Total allocation - 723,268
• Key service support 143,200
• Clinical sessions/research nurses - 250,000
• Other service support - 190,389 (eg
  radiographer)
• Research Management - 76,358.
• Special initiatives
• Stroke nurse
• London School of Pharmacy Alan Warnes leading.
• Additions likely
• Flexibility and Sustainability (networks)
• Proportion of remaining contingency ABF plus..

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Funding model infrastructure plus activity
2009-10 year to date Interventional
70 Observational 257
..activity informs income stream .
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Objectives 2010-11 Business plan

• To increase the number of patients recruited into
  portfolio studies (contributing to the
  achievement of the NHS OF goal).
• To deliver a balanced portfolio of studies across
  all disease areas
• To ensure efficient and effective RMG and study
  delivery infrastructure
• To demonstrate value for money of NIHR CRN CC
  CLRNs
• To maximise engagement in CLRN research.

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Emerging performance measures 7

• Increase in patients recruited into NIHR
  portfolio studies (across ABF bands)
• Comparison of recruitment with CLRN population
• Increase in recruitment by member organisations
  within CLRNs
• Proportion of industry studies on the NIHR
  portfolio
• Proportion of local specialty groups achieving
  recruitment targets
• Proportion of industry studies recruiting to
  target
• Balanced budget and robust financial management.

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Key messages

• Major changes are now in the process of
  implementation.
• Funding is being targeted to provide NHS
  infrastructure to support NIHR portfolio
  research.
• Income is influenced by NIHR portfolio activity.

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Jenny.Stephany_at_nwlh.nhs.uk0208-869-6753.
The London (North West) Comprehensive Local
Research Network operates as part of the NIHR
Comprehensive Clinical Research Network in
England. It is part of the National Institute for
Health Research and forms part of the UK Clinical
Research Network.