New research centre opens at Cavell Centre in Peterborough
Facility aims to give more local people the chance to take part in NHS research studies.
A new clinical research suite has opened at the Cavell Centre in Peterborough, giving more people in the city and North Fenland the chance to take part in NHS research.
The facility, run by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), was officially opened by the Trust’s Medical Director Cathy Walsh and the Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Paul Bristow during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The new research hub will help expand opportunities for patients using local health services to take part in studies aimed at improving care and treatments.
Dr Ben Underwood, CPFT’s Research and Development Director, said the new base will help ensure communities in Peterborough and the north of the county have fair access to research opportunities.
Over the past decade the Trust has run more than 1,600 studies covering a wide range of physical and mental health conditions, including dementia and common emotional disorders. The new suite will link with CPFT’s existing research unit in Fulbourn.