National Research Register

HC Deb 17 July 2000 vol 354 c76W

Mr. Jenkin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reason access to the NHS National Research Register on-line is no longer available to members of the public. [130265]

Ms Stuart

The National Research Register (NRR) provides a systematic record of research projects supported, undertaken or of interest to the National Health Service. The NRR contains currently over 57,000 records. It is freely available on-line to the public at the Department of Health Research and Development website: www.doh.gov.uk/research.

The NRR can be accessed both from the Research and Development home page and the "Information from Research" section on the Research and Development pages. Access from the Research and Development home page to the NRR was recently disrupted by a technical fault. During this time, the NRR remained accessible from the "Information from Research" section. The fault has now been rectified.