People are invited to sign up to Help BEAT Coronavirus
The campaign has been developed following the incredible public response to vaccine research trials in the region, with people having taken part in a range of nationally- prioritised COVID-19 studies supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical research Network.
‘Help BEAT Coronavirus’ is part of Research for the Future, an NIHR CRN Greater Manchester initiative that helps people find out about and take part in health and care research. It joins their range of other successfully ‘Help BEAT’ campaigns supporting research in several priority areas.
Professor Andy Ustianowski, National Clinical Lead for the UK NIHR COVID Vaccine Research Programme and joint National Specialty Lead for Infection at NIHR Clinical Research Network says:
The success of the COVID 19 Vaccine in the UK is down to research and every person who volunteers. We now have treatments, as a result of trials, for COVID that are saving lives.
"Clinical Research is vital to fight this pandemic. Everything that we do in medicine should be based on evidence and we get this evidence from clinical trials. By signing up you are helping to discover new ways to prevent, diagnose and manage COVID-19".
Research helps to increase our understanding of how coronavirus is transmitted, how to treat people who become infected and discover how best to help and support people living with Long Covid.
Register online at www.researchforthefuture.org/register or text RESEARCH and YOUR NAME to 81400.
