Research at Leicester's Hospitals

05/06/2026

Our Patient and Public Involvement team will be at the Riverside Festival with Bright Sparks Arts , inviting visitors to share their thoughts on health research through our interactive Grow Better Research Garden.🌱🌸

What should research focus on?
What makes it difficult to take part?
What would help make research better?

Come along, add your ideas. We'd love to meet you and hear your thoughts.

🌷Castle Gardens, Leicester
🌷 Saturday 6 June
🕛 12pm–6pm

Leicester City Council Visit Leicester

For more on our Public Involvement team visit:

By getting involved with the BRC you can influence the way certain diseases are diagnosed and treated.

28/05/2026

🎈 At the , we’re celebrating 20 years of the NIHR by highlighting how our research has driven real change in patient care.

We’re kicking things off with respiratory research - an area where Leicester has led the way.

From pioneering new approaches to managing and , to improving diagnosis and personalised treatments, our research has helped transform care and improve patients’ lives locally, nationally, and globally.

We couldn’t have done this without the patients who have chosen to give their time to take part in our studies. Thank you. 🙏

For more information about how to be part of research, visit: https://bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk/

27/05/2026

NEWS 🚨 | Earlier this week, BBC Leicester featured a campaign to raise awareness of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), driven by patient Nic Olsen and Professor Athanasios (Thanos) Saratzis from the Cardiovascular theme of the .

It’s still on the iplayer, or you can read the full story on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjepdl90g2jo

University of Leicester

Nic Olsen says he saw health professionals 29 times before his peripheral arterial disease (PAD) diagnosis.

21/05/2026

A special community event is coming this summer!

Join us at the PPI Summer Festival on Saturday, 20 June as we celebrate the patients, public contributors, families and communities helping shape research in Leicester.

Expect great food, live music, children’s activities and the chance to meet the researchers making a difference across our city.

Family and friends are welcome.

Register here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=slTDN7CF9UeyIge0jXdO41BrgvV7sIxPtqDVrItrIBZUNE9XVkU5TTFLTkZDR05RWDdKN1FCV1VEUS4u&route=shorturl

21/05/2026

Year 6 students from Hazel Community Primary visited Leicester Royal Infirmary’s Research Space to celebrate .

From testing mysterious samples and exploring virtual reality technology to trying on PPE and taking part in hands-on science activities, the students experienced a day in the life of a healthcare researcher.

The visit gave children the chance to learn more about clinical trials, scientific research and the many different careers available within healthcare and science.

12/05/2026

International Nurses’ Day is marked each year on 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, to recognise the vital contribution nursing makes to health and care worldwide.

This year’s campaign highlights nursing as a global profession, shaped by shared standards, evidence and practice across borders. Research nurses are a key part of this, working across a wide range of studies and settings, supporting safe and ethical research, and helping to generate the knowledge that improves care for patients now and in the future.

Across Leicester's Hospitals, research nurses play an essential role in delivering high‑quality research and strengthening the evidence that underpins modern healthcare.

Thank you for everything you do.

11/05/2026

Living with long COVID for three years, Leicester patient Travers David McCullough took part in the PHOSP-I study at the to help researchers better understand potential treatments for the condition.

Sharing his experience, Travers said: “Now I know there’s something out there that works for me. That’s given me hope.”

Read more about Travers’ journey and the importance of taking part in research on our website:
https://leicesterbrc.nihr.ac.uk/long-covid-patient-experience/

07/05/2026

Pinfold Medical Practice is leading a new group called the Charnwood Primary Care Research Collaborative. This brings together seven GP practices across the area to help more people take part in health research closer to home.

Thanks to new NIHR funding, around 83,000 local patients may have the chance to join research studies that help improve healthcare now and in the future.

The group works together so GP practices can share skills and support each other, even when they are busy. This makes it easier for patients from different communities and backgrounds to get involved.

Being part of NIHR CRDC: Leicestershire and Northamptonshire also helps bring high‑quality research to our area and supports better care for everyone.

24/04/2026

Join us for a FREE heart health & research event in Leicester this May.

🫀Free health checks
🙋Talks from Cardiovascular experts from
University of Leicester & Leicester's Hospitals
🫶Discover the latest about research in Leicester
☕️Refreshments & prizes

No need to register – just come along!
🗓️Saturday 16 May
11am – 3pm
Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre

08/04/2026

Thank you to ITV News for this fantastic coverage! We're extremely proud of our research teams and our wonderful participants. Discoveries like this one make the entire research journey worthwhile. Well done to all involved! 🤩