Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 3-8, April 2010

Networks offer new opportunities for diabetes research

  • Eleanor D. Kennedy

      Affiliations

    • Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR), Old Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 01865 857508; fax: +44 01865 857509.
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  • Paul Chester

      Affiliations

    • Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR), Old Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom
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  • Azeem Majeed

      Affiliations

    • Diabetes Research Network Co-ordinating Centre, ICCH Building, Imperial College, London W2 1LA, United Kingdom
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  • Paul Wallace

      Affiliations

    • Primary Care Research Network, 43 Whitfield Street, London W1T 4HD, United Kingdom
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  • David R. Matthews

      Affiliations

    • Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR), Old Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom

Received 1 September 2009; accepted 15 October 2009. published online 04 December 2009.

Abstract 

The incidence of diabetes continues to rise and demands on healthcare resources continue to grow. High quality research offers a way forward for developing new treatments and care options for people with this condition. The Diabetes Research Network represents a new approach to supporting collaborative research and has been at the vanguard of encouraging patients to get involved through its advocacy workstream. Since its inception more than 200 studies involving 25,000 volunteers have been registered in the network portfolio. An essential element for success is the involvement of primary care where benefits can accrue to patients and healthcare professionals alike.

Keywords: Networks, Research, Primary care, Diabetes

 

PII: S1751-9918(09)00117-X

doi:10.1016/j.pcd.2009.10.002

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 3-8, April 2010

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