Newcastle Clinical Research Facility
The Newcastle Clinical Research Facility (CRF) is a purpose built
state-of-the-art facility at the heart of research in
the North East.
We are a collaboration between Newcastle University and Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and are located in the Leazes Wing of the Royal Victoria Infirmary. The facility is supported by a core grant from the National Institute of Health Research.
Services Offered
Our main purpose is to provide an efficient, patient-oriented
and friendly service supporting researchers
and industry engaged in an extensive range of
clinical specialties.
The CRF has a highly-trained staff capable of setting
up, negotiating and delivering Phase I to IV
clinical trials in accordance with Good Clinical
Practice Standards.
Nursing teams
Our highly-experienced nursing teams provide the highest possible standards of patient care, ensuring a pleasant and worry-free experience. They have expertise in the implementation of protocol procedures; a wide range of clinical skills; and are able to deliver acute and critical care for adult and paediatric groups.
Trial management team
Our facility has a dedicated trial-management team which includes:
- trial coordinators, who will prepare and coordinate all of the essential documentation required to conduct a study
- finance management for the costing and negotiation of financial agreements
- data management, including high-speed broadband connection and facilities for electronic data capture
- extended nursing roles in various clinical procedures and in the use of clinical equipment, e.g. iDXA scan
- nursing outreach service
In addition, we can provide a dedicated research pharmacist, radiography, as well as clerical and reception support.
Facilities and equipment
We can offer a dedicated clinical research space.
We have an extensive range of facilities and equipment at our disposal within the CRF as well as all the practical attributes and analytical capacities of Newcastle University and the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust, allowing us to undertake a wide variety of research with both commercial and academic organisations.
Sitting alongside the CRF is its partner the Wilson Horne Immunotherapy Centre. Whilst it shares the same support staff it has specific experimental and transitional research goals, being the first centre of its kind in the UK dedicated to novel immunotherapies. It is at the forefront of the development of tolerogenic therapies, as well as providing an additional focus for immunology in the region.
Further information:
- Contact: Professor Mark Walker, Director
- E-mail: mark.walker@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)191 282 0089 or 246 4661
- Newcastle Clinical Research Facility (CRF)
- Contact: Vikki Bridgett, Senior Research Sister
- E-mail: vikki.bridgett@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)191 282 0070
- Newcastle Clinical Research Facility (CRF)
