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NELFT Research & Development

The Research & Development (R&D) department at North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) is committed to advancing healthcare through research, innovation, and collaboration.  We want to make sure that our staff, service users and carers have every opportunity to take part in and benefit from research.

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Curious about studies you can get involved in right now? Search by health condition, or types of volunteers that we are looking for.

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We want to provide opportunities for our service users, carers and staff to take part and be involved in research. Find out how we develop studies, how you can get involved or take part in a study, and what we can do for you.

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Our R&D Team

We are proud to be a trusted, leading research department in mental health and dementia, with world-class researchers and academics, and strategic relationships with a number or academic and research partners.

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NELFT Research News

The NIHR Associate Principal Investigator Scheme

The NIHR Associate Principal Investigator Scheme – Dr Éanna Ó hAnrachtaigh shares his experience and journey to be a future PI. 1st March 2025 Written by Written by Dr Éanna Ó hAnrachtaigh What did the scheme involve, and what were the challenges? The scheme itself provided an outline of a range of tasks that clinicians ...

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Sleep study for people with dementia shows ongoing benefit after two years

Sleep study for people with dementia shows ongoing benefit after two years Written by Professor Georgina Charlesworth 27th April 2026 TWO YEAR FOLLOW UP DATA FOR DREAM START STUDY SHOWS SLEEP BENEFITS FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA LIVING AT HOME ARE SUSTAINED The DREAM START study was a randomised controlled trial of a multi-component intervention to address ...

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Red4Research: NELFT turns red to celebrate research

Red4Research: NELFT turns red to celebrate research On Friday 19 June 2026, colleagues across NELFT came together to support #Red4Research, a national campaign celebrating the vital role research plays in improving healthcare. Staff across the organisation proudly wore red to show their support, including the Research & Development (R&D) team. The ...

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HARP Aphasia Study at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference

At the end of May, Anna Caute and Luiza Deaconescu travelled to Pittsburgh for the Clinical Aphasiology Conference. This is one of the main Speech and Language Therapy conferences in the US focusing on aphasia, a communication disability caused by damage to the brain, usually following a stroke. Anna and Luiza presented key findings from the HARP Aphasia St...

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