TY - JOUR T1 - Developing a clinical research network: The Northern Region Endoscopy Group experience JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 107 LP - 112 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-2-107 VL - 14 IS - 2 AU - Praveen Rajasekhar AU - Colin Rees AU - Matthew Rutter AU - Pali Hungin Y1 - 2014/04/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/14/2/107.abstract N2 - Research is central to the National Health Service. Clinical trial recruitment has been aided by the National Institute for Health Research's Comprehensive Research Network but these networks do not support development of research. The Northern Region Endoscopy Group (NREG) was founded in 2007, encompasses 17 endoscopy units and has become a highly successful collaborative research network. The network is now a major contributor to UK trials, has published over 20 papers (>60 abstracts) and holds grants totalling more than £1.5 million. The NREG provides an exemplar model of how collaborative working can contribute significantly to biomedical research. ER -