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🌟 Congratulations to Dr Beatrice Duran, @MFT_nhs – the first UK pharmacist to achieve Consultant Pharmacist Accreditation in Clinical Trials and ATMPs, from @rc_pharm. In her inspiring blog she shares its importance for research and patient benefit:
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📍 To mark #ICTD26, yesterday R&I colleagues set up research stands across our hospital sites to discuss our clinical trials at @MFTnhs and how you can get involved with research.
Thank you to everybody who participated! ⭐️
#BePartofResearch
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Happy International Clinical Trials Day 2026! 🧪
Today we celebrate the impact of research on healthcare and transforming patient care.
Thank you to our colleagues and participants for their important contributions to clinical trials across @MFTnhs.
#ICTD2026 #BePartofResearch
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🎧Listen to Kate Stanbury, Research Midwife, talk about her role in research and the importance of the Generation Study
What does a midwife do?
Kate Stanbury, Research Midwife on the Generation Study, joins our latest Genomics 101 episode to explain.
Listen via your favourite podcast app or on our website: ow.ly/J4QH50YYytf
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Happy International Nurses Day! 🧑⚕️🌟
💬 To celebrate #IND2026, R&I colleagues across @MFTnhs share an insight into the role of a clinical research nurse and what this day means to them.
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We are pleased to have been awarded capital funding from the @NIHRresearch to upgrade our Aseptic Unit at @WythenshaweHosp helping us bring innovative treatments to more patients across Greater Manchester. Find out more: research.cmft.nhs.uk/news-ev…
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👏What a fantastic day at yesterday’s Cardiology Innovation Day with @Medtronic at @WythenshaweHosp.
🤝It was great to see colleagues come together to explore exciting cardiology innovations, and strengthen partnership working across clinical, operational and innovation teams.
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💙 This year’s #IDM2026 theme is ‘One Million More Midwives’, reflecting the workforce required to meet global health needs and support the recognition of midwives as healthcare providers.
💬 Kate shares what this theme means to her and why she's proud to be a Research Midwife.
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Happy International Day of the Midwife!👶
Today we celebrate research midwives across R&I who manage and facilitate research studies at @MFTnhs.
📝For #IDM2026, Liberty discusses her career journey and why she's proud to contribute to midwifery research.
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MFT Research and Innovation retweeted
🚨 New job alert 🚨
We're looking for an excellent Band 5 Communications Officer to help communicate Manchester BRC’s cutting-edge research to a broad range of internal and external audiences.
📅 Closes 14 April 2026.
Apply here 👇
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MFT Research and Innovation retweeted
📰A discovery by Manchester scientists is offering hope to children with severe epilepsy.
This groundbreaking research was delivered through the @NIHRresearch Manchester Biomedical Research Centre.
Read more on @SkyNews 👇
Discovery offers hope to children with rare and severe epilepsy
Read more 🔗 trib.al/LKILcvR
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Major genetic discovery in Manchester is transforming lives around the world 🌏
One of the most common genetic causes of severe epilepsy has been identified by @MFTnhs researchers.
Read more 👇
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MFT Research and Innovation retweeted
Congratulations to four Manchester BRC professors appointed as @NIHRresearch Senior Investigators! 👏
This award recognises the most prominent and prestigious researchers in health and social care.
Read more👇
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🏆Congratulations to Dr Patrick Goodley, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine at @WythenshaweHosp, who was awarded Young Researcher of the Year 2026, at the @BTOGORG Annual Conference, for his lung cancer screening research.
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🌟Congratulations to all @MFTnhs R&I colleagues who have been featured on this year’s #NorthInnovationWomen list.
The annual campaign by @The_NHSA celebrates women across the North who are pushing the boundaries of innovation in their fields.
Read more👇
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Following her appointment as Director of Research and Innovation (interim) at @MFTnhs, Professor Anne Barton has spoken about how her career in research has developed, and the role @NIHRresearch has played along the way.
Read more 👇
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This year's International Women's Day theme #GivetoGain emphasises the power of reciprocity and support in creating equal opportunities for women🤝.
💬 Sheeba, Lead Research Nurse and Midwifery Manager, discusses the importance of supporting women in research.
#IWD2026 @MFTnhs
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Happy International Women’s Day!♀️
In celebration of our incredible female colleagues and their hard work and fantastic contributions to Research & Innovation across @MFTnhs, Lucy and Sita share what this year’s theme #GiveToGain means to them.
#IWD2026 @MFT_SaintMarys @MFT_MRI
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🚨 Job Alert 🚨
We are looking for a Band 6 Senior Paediatric Research Nurse to lead clinical trials at @MFTnhs.
The role will involve predominantly leading on nephrology studies as well as supporting the rest of the portfolio.
🗓️ Closes 22/02/26
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