Hope Clinical Trials Facility

The Hope Clinical Trials Facility is a partnership between University Hospitals of Leicester, the University of Leicester and Hope Against Cancer.

Based at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, it offers local people the opportunity to take part in clinical trials, and is one of the few such facilities outside London.

These pages list resources relevant to the work of the Facility.

General advice when looking for information

If you are using Google or another search engine to find information, check to see if the information you find has the Information Standard mark or a Health on the Net HONCode.  These mean it meets certain quality standards.  If neither mark is present, check who produces the information, why they have produced it, who for, and when.  Does it apply in the UK?

If you are UHL staff and need a literature search for research literature or clinical evidence, please contact the Clinical Librarian Service of the Library, and we will be pleased to help.   Email , or contact one of the libraries.

Keeping up to date

The Clinical Librarian Service’s Research Evidence Update lists recent publications and news relating to doing research, forthcoming events and current research funding bids.   If you would like to receive each Research Evidence Update as it is published, sign up on the page.

There are also Evidence Updates for Breast Cancer, Cancer, Haematology, Urology (covers prostate cancer), and many other clinical areas.   See the complete list.

Start any search with:

NICE Evidence Search
Portal to quality assured resources relating to the NHS, including drug information, guidelines, patient information, and systematic reviews.

UpToDate - See below for access options
A 'point of care' resource giving summaries of evidence in a format that directly supports clinical decision making. Also available as an app for a mobile device
On-site access - No password required from a UHL computer
Off-site access - UHL Athens account or UpToDate account required for access
Mobile app - Information on getting access via your mobile device

Please use the contents list on the left to see resources on specific areas of the Facility's work.