Health and Care Professions Research – NHS Lothian

NHS Lothian has adopted a strategic partnership approach to developing research capacity and capability among nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, pharmacy professions, psychologists and healthcare scientists (NMAHPPS).

Working in partnership with six universities we have developed an NMAHPPS Research Strategy 2022 – 2025 that sets out our aims, principles of working together and our strategic ambitions.

These pages provide details of various initiatives we have established to bring this strategy alive.

Please read our NHS Lothian NMAHP & Pharmacy Research Annual Review 2023-2024.

NHS Lothian values supporting nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, pharmacists, psychologists and healthcare scientists to access research training and follow a clinical academic career pathway and is something we are proud of. This is illustrated by our Board employing research leads with a remit to develop capacity and capability in this field in the majority of these professions.

Prof Juliet MacArthur,
Chief Nurse Research & Development

Elaine Rankine,
Head of Pharmacy Education, Research & Development

NHS Lothian is a highly research-active healthcare provider with a substantial research support infrastructure in place including its five teaching hospitals, Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility and Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit.

We have long-standing working relationships with a number of Scotland’s universities and our strategic approach to developing the initiatives you can read about here involves partnership working with:

Edinburgh Napier University – School of Health and Social Care	Summary of Research Centres, Themes & Methodological Expertise (2023)
Queen Margaret University – School of Health Sciences	Summary of Research Centres, Themes & Methodological Expertise (2023)
Robert Gordon University – School of Nursing and Paramedic Practice	Summary of Research Themes (2022)
Robert Gordon University – School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
Robert Gordon University – School of Health Sciences	Summary of Research Themes (2022)
University of Edinburgh – School of Health in Social Science	Summary of Research Centres and Themes (2022)
University of Stirling – Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport	Summary of Research Centres, Themes & Methodological Expertise (2023)
University of Stirling – NMAHP Research Unit
University of Strathclyde – Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

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