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Research at Amicus Health
We are proud to be a primary care research practice
We are proud to be a primary care research practice. By engaging in primary care research, we help to improve medical knowledge about illness, and help develop better treatments for our patients. It also gives our patients the opportunity to be involved in new studies and trials that aim to benefit their health and the health of the population.
Research studies
Our current research studies are organised by the Clinical Research Network South West which is part of the NHS National Institute for Health Research.
The research is all ethically approved and selected specially for primary care to help improve medical care now and in the future.
You may be invited to take part in research. There is no obligation to take part and if you decline it will not affect your treatment in any way.
Anonymised patient data may be used for research that is in the best interests of patients and the NHS as a whole.
We participate in the national CPRD scheme which uses anonymised data to help medical research in the NHS.
Amicus at the national RCGP conference
If you do not want to participate in any research or do not wish for your anonymised data to be used, please write to the Operations Manager.
Most studies have criteria for entry, they may be looking at a particular illness or group of patients, so often we will invite those people by letter or text message.
We are a founding Partner of the South West Commercial Research Group
We are a founding Partner of the South West Commercial Research Group, a collaboration of 8 NHS partners across acute care, community care, mental health, and general practice in the South West. We use our collective strength to support commercial health research, focusing on participant recruitment and effective delivery of research that makes a real difference.
We work in collaboration with regional partners, the life science sector, and the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) to make this possible.
Our mission is to improve lives through commercial health research. By working together as NHS partners, we will provide better health outcomes for people across the South West and beyond.
For more information, please visit the South West Commercial Research Group website