North West London
Clinical Trials Alliance
About the Alliance
The North West London Clinical Trials Alliance is a collaboration between:
- NIHR Clinical Research Network North West London, including its partners in primary care settings
- The Clinical Research Facilities (CRFs) hosted by:
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- West London NHS Trust
The Alliance is dedicated to delivering commercial and non-commercial sponsored clinical trials – utilising existing and purpose-designed facilities to successfully deliver both early and late-phase research.
It aims to increase regional capacity for delivering commercial clinical research, as well as to improve the ease and speed of research delivery, patient access to clinical research and patient opportunities for early access to cutting edge treatment and therapies that are not yet widely available through the NHS.
This will be achieved through collaborative working, using our understanding of the needs and priorities of life science companies and our strong regional team ethos to work in a harmonised manner across centres.
The Alliance can identify world-renowned clinicians to work as principal investigators (PIs) for studies across a wide range of specialties, and provide support from highly-skilled research delivery staff at all sites.
Watch: An overview of the Alliance
Thank you to Imperial Health Charity, who kindly funded this video.
News
- New partners join the North West London Clinical Trials Alliance
10 February 2023
- First year impact report for the North West London Clinical Trials Alliance
25 October 2022 - North West London Clinical Trials Alliance shortlisted for national award
13 October 2022 - New partner in the North West London Clinical Trials Alliance will expand its reach into community settings
28 February 2022 - Alliance shortlisted for the North West London Clinical Research Awards 2021
12 November 2021 - Alliance featured at RIQI 2021 – Research, Innovation and Quality Improvement event
10 November 2021 - North West London Clinical Trials Alliance launches
14 September 2021
Meet the partners
Partners of the NIHR CRN North West London, that make up the North West London Clinical Trials Alliance, share details of their work in these short videos.
Thank you to Imperial Health Charity, who kindly funded these videos.
Partners of the NIHR CRN North West London, that make up the North West London Clinical Trials Alliance, share details of their work in these short videos.
Thank you to Imperial Health Charity, who kindly funded these videos.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
NHS Foundation Trust
Imperial College Healthcare
NHS Trust
London North West University
Healthcare NHS Trust
The importance of our
primary care partners
Virtual tours
Take a look at the clinical research facilities in these 360 degree virtual tours.
NIHR Imperial Clinical Research Facility
Northwick Park Hospital
Get in touch
NIHR CRN North West London
Industry
Dr Suki Balendra: suki.balendra@nihr.ac.uk
Industry team: industry.crnnwlondon@nihr.ac.uk
Primary Care
Dr David Mummery: david.mummery@nhs.net
Primary Care team, NIHR CRN North West London: lnw.primarycare@nihr.ac.uk
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Dr Karen Mosley: k.mosley@nhs.net
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Sunder Chita: sunderchita@nhs.net
Manoj Trivedi: manojtrivedi@nhs.net
Amanda Bidle: amanda.bidle@nhs.net
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
General queries: chelwest.research@nhs.net
Dr Essam Ramhamadany: essam.ramhamadany1@nhs.net
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
General queries: clcht.researchanddevelopment@nhs.net
Simon Lewis: simon.lewis4@nhs.net
The launch event
The Alliance was launched at an online event hosted by broadcaster Adrian Chiles, on 14 September 2021.
Watch the full event below:
- Welcome – Dr Bob Klaber
- An Overview of the Clinical Trials Alliance – Dr Suki Balendra
- Introducing Chelsea and Westminster Clinical Research Facility – Prof Marta Boffito
- Introducing Northwick Park Clinical Research Facility – Dr Ayesha Akbar
- How Primary Care contributes to the Alliance – Dr David Mummery
- COVID-19 Vaccine Case Study: How the Alliance worked to ensure study success
- Panel discussion – Chair: Rob Hodgkiss
- Closing remarks – Dr Roger Sharpe
Welcome
Dr Bob Klaber
Consultant General Paediatrician,
Director of Strategy, Research & Innovation
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
An Overview of the Clinical
Trials Alliance
Dr Suki Balendra
Life Sciences Lead
NIHR Clinical Research Network
North West London
Introducing Chelsea and
Westminster Clinical Research
Facility
Prof Marta Boffito
Consultant Physician, HIV Service Director,
and Clinical Research Facility Lead
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
NHS Foundation Trust,
Imperial College London
Introducing Imperial Clinical
Research Facility
Prof Martin Wilkins
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology
Imperial College London
Introducing Northwick Park
Clinical Research Facility
Dr Ayesha Akbar
Consultant Gastroenterologist
London North West University
Healthcare NHS Trust
How Primary Care contributes
to the Alliance
Dr David Mummery
GP and Specialty Lead for Primary Care
NIHR Clinical Research Network
North West London
COVID-19 Vaccine Case Study:
How the Alliance worked to ensure study success
Hear from some of those who made the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine trial a success in North West London, including a research participant.
Panel discussion
Chair: Rob Hodgkiss
Chief Operating Officer
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
NHS Foundation Trust
Members:
Dr David Mummery
NIHR Clinical Research Network North West London
Prof Marta Boffito
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Prof Martin Wilkins
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Dr Roger Sharpe
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Dr Suki Balendra
NIHR Clinical Research Network North West London
Closing remarks
Dr Roger Sharpe
Consultant Anaesthetist
London North West University
Healthcare NHs Trust
Media about the Alliance
Dr Suki Balendra – Life Sciences Lead at the NIHR CRN North West London – has appeared in a number of places to spread the word about the North West London Clinical Trails Alliance and the importance of research. Take a look:
- Guest blog for IAOCR: Disease and Illness Do Not Discriminate: Diversity in Clinical Trials
5 October 2022 - Interview with IAOCR: Spotlight on Leadership: Dr Suki Balendra
8 February 2022 - Appeared in a feature article by Adrian Chiles for The Guardian: Ask not what the NHS can do for us … but what we can do for the NHS
6 October 2021 - Guest blog for MedCity: A radically different way of supporting clinical studies in North West London
29 September 2021
