NHS Scotland has a variety of networks aiming to find better treatments to improve the lives of people in Scotland.
- The Scottish Diabetes Research Network
- The Scottish Mental Health Research Network
- The Scottish Stroke Research Network
- The Scottish Medicines for Children Network
- The Scottish Primary Care Research Network
- The Scottish Music & Health Network
- Dementia Research Community of Practice – Managed Knowledge Network
- CHAIN – Contact, Help, Advice & Information Network
Here are some current dementia research studies
- The Tommorrow Study – testing a new investigational treatment to see if it can delay the memory problems due to Alzheimer’s disease.
- PROTECT – Aims to understand what happens to our brains as we age
- The IDEAL project – Improving the experience of dementia and enhancing active life.
Other Research Websites
- SHARE – Scottish Health Research Register
- Scottish Mental Health Research Register
- Why We Do Research – An international campaign to raise awareness of research
Here are some Dementia related organisations.
- World Dementia Council
- Alzheimer Scotland
- Alzheimers Society – A world without dementia
- Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic – a clinical research facility providing specialist clinics.
- Dementias and Neurodegeneration Specialty– Dementia & Neurodegenerative disease research in England.
- Neurodem – Dementia & Neurodegenerative disease research in Wales
- NICRN – Northern Ireland Clinical Research Network
- EADC – European Alzheimer’s Disease Consortium
- Alzheimer’s Disease International
- Ally Bally Bee – How do you explain dementia to a child?
- Scottish Delirium Association
- Scottish Dementia Working Group
- Meri Yaadain Dementia Team
- Huntington’s Disease Association
- Centre for Cognitive Ageing & Cognitive Epidemiology
- Dementia Services Development Centre
- CJD Support Network
- Motor Neurone Disease Association
- The Frontotemporal Dementia Support Group
- FTD Talk – Jargon free research updates on Frontotemporal Dementia
- Parkinsons
- Niemann-Pick Disease Group UK
- Young Onset Dementia
Here are some recent reports.
- Health and Social Care Research Strategy from the Chief Scientist Office
- Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy
- Alzheimer’s Research Trust Dementia 2010 report
- World Alzheimer Report 2010
- Sign Guidelines 86
- CSO investing in research / improving health
Links for Researchers
- National Research Ethics Service
- ENRICH – Enabling Research in Care Homes
- Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
- European Clinical Trials Database
- Clinical Trials Toolkit
- IRAS Ethics application portal
- The NIHR (National Institute of Health Research)
- The NHS R&D Forum
- Alzheimer’s Research Trust funding
- Medical Research Council
- Wellcome Trust
- Social Research Forum
- Vitae Realising the Potential of Researchers
- SHIL – Scottish Health Innovations Ltd enabling innovations in NHS Scotland
- ACE III Tool – The replacement for ACE-R
- ACE III trainer – online course to practice skills in administering the cognitive assessment tool
- Research Ethics Guidebook for social science researchers