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Research & Innovation

Since the introduction of the NHS Operating Framework in 2008/09 the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has greatly increased recruitment to trials. Considerable improvement and progress has been achieved in integrating research into clinical service in the Trust and we continually endeavour to drive this forward through the highly motivated research team, both keen research active clinicians and hardworking research nurses and midwife.

Year

Number of recruits at the Countess of Chester

2008 - 2009  23
2009 - 2010 133
2010 - 2011 236
2011 - 2012 382
2012 - 2013  718
2013 - 2014  967
2014 - 2015  751
2015 - 2016  694
2016 - 2017  971
2017 - 2018  1017
2018 - 2019 935
2019 - 2020 800
2020 - 2021 3591
2021 - 2022 1682
2022 - 2023 1165
2023 - 2024 1451


Clinical Director for Research: Dr Peter Bamford - peter.bamford3@nhs.net 
Research Manager: Carys Jones - carys.jones7@nhs.net
Research Team Leaders: Nichola Kearsley - nichola.kearsley@nhs.net and Sherin Sabu - sherin.sabu@nhs.net