Primary Care Research Network - East of England

Introduction

The Watlington Medical Centre is part of a network of General Practices in the East of England who host medical research on a regular basis.  The network is called Primary Care Research Network - East of England.

All network research has been approved by a Research Ethics Committee and has Primary Care Trust approval.  The network is one of the United Kingdom Clinical Research Networks and is supported by funding from the Department of Health.

An explanatory poster is displayed in the waiting room.

Participation

 Anyone registered with this practice could help shape the future of health care by considering and helping with research projects that you may be invited to participate in.  You may be approached by a member of this practice to help participate in a research project.

Participation in any research is voluntary.  You may refuse to take part in research without it affecting your usual medical care.  All research data will be treated with the same confidentiality as patient medical records are.