Weymouth Research Hub
The Weymouth Research Hub offers people in Weymouth, Portland and across West Dorset the chance to take part in vital, life-saving clinical trials.
Set up in the renovated Linden Unit at Westhaven Community Hospital in Radipole Lane, Weymouth, the hub is a joint venture between two NHS Trusts, Dorset HealthCare and Dorset County Hospital. The team will receive ongoing support from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Wessex, the research arm of the NHS.
The first volunteers to take part were involved in helping research the best COVID-19 vaccines.
The hub joins three others set up by NIHR Wessex and running very successfully – Southampton, Bournemouth and Portsmouth. Together they work in collaboration with the NIHR Clinical Research Facility in Southampton. These centres played a frontline role during the COVID-19 pandemic in helping with the development of new vaccines. Thousands of people across the south came forward to volunteer and without their contribution it would not have been possible to set up the national vaccination programme.
You can sign up through the Be Part of Research website.
Why take part?
The NIHR’s main message is “better care and treatments start with you.”
People get involved in research to:
- learn more about a condition that affects them
- make a difference, by helping to improve treatments and quality of life, now and for future generations
- support medical research for a particular condition or disease that they care about
- access new treatments
- take an active role in their own care.
Find out more in the video below.