Welcome to the NIHR South West Stroke Research Network website - thank you for visiting us.  Our aim here is to introduce the network, give you links to further information sources and keep you updated on progress.  We are very keen for you to contact us should you require further information. 

The South West Stroke Research Network is part of the national Stroke Research Network (SRN), which comes under the umbrella of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) was established to provide support for clinical research and to facilitate the conduct of randomised prospective trials and other well-designed studies. It is tasked with developing a world class infrastructure to support clinical research in the UK.

The NIHR consists of a managed set of Topic Specific Clinical Research Networks, covering cancer, dementias and neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, medicines for children, mental health and stroke, together with a Primary Care Research Network.

The national Stroke Research Network (SRN) aims to provide a world-class health service infrastructure to support clinical stroke research and remove barriers to its conduct. The role of the network is to facilitate stroke research by bringing about focused, effective investment to enhance NHS research infrastructure for stroke, and to increase collaborative working between academics, stroke clinicians, stroke service users and research funders. The SRN supports 10 Local Research Networks within the specialty of Stroke care and the South West is one of these. Please see " About Us" section for further information.