RESEARCH teams at University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) have been presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Covid-19 Research Award for their delivery and management of clinical trials throughout the pandemic.

These NHS priority research trials involved investigating potential treatments for Covid-19.

Some of these treatments have now been proven to be effective in treating patients.

Since March 2020 a team at Poole Hospital has recruited almost 2,000 patients for a range of research trials, including interventional treatment and drug trials and observational (data collection) studies. Meanwhile at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, the team recruited 2,678 participants for Covid-19 treatment studies, 300 of which were specially selected for the international RECOVERY trial which looked at potential treatments for Covid.

The RECOVERY research team were also winners of the Outstanding Contribution to Covid-19 Research Award, with research nurse Rebecca Miln receiving a special individual award for her contribution.

The Wessex National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network presented the awards.