Hear directly from experienced NHS research professionals sharing real-world experience, practical lessons and approaches you can take back to your own service.

If you would like to give a presentation and share your work or the work of your service at this face-to-face course, we would be delighted to hear from you.

To discuss speaking opportunities, please contact: 

Mariana Mason

Production

mariana.mason@sbk-healthcare.co.uk

• £399+VAT full price for one NHS or public sector place 
• £349+VAT early bird (£50 off) NHS or public sector places when booked before 15th December 2026
• £349+VAT colleague rate (£50 off) for each NHS or public sector when booking 2-3 places
• Fourth place FREE: team offer when you book 3 places at full price

Discount policy: Only one offer applies per booking  

Commercial places are available, please contact Vanessa Jarman for further information 

Booking across different events?

If you and/or your colleagues are planning to attend different events, you can still take advantage of the colleague rate or fourth place FREE team offer by combining eligible bookings across events, provided the same pricing structure applies to each event.

If you are booking multiple attendees on one or across different events and would like help arranging your booking, please email our delegate support team or call 01732 897788 for further details.

In-house training

Available as a bespoke course to teams of 25 people or more. Please do contact us if you would like this training delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please contact: 

Sarah Kemm

Production and Partnerships

sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk

If your funding has not yet been secured or you would like to hold your place with no obligation whilst waiting for your study leave to be approved, you can reserve your place with us. Please email the reservations team at SBK Healthcare with your details:

•  Booking contact: name, job title, department, email and telephone number
•  Event(s) to reserve for: title and date
•  Delegate details (for each delegate): name, job title, department, email and telephone number
•  Organisation details: name and address

Alternatively you can make a confirmed booking by emailing the above information to the bookings team.

Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking. Within one week of the online training taking place, you will be sent final details of the course including a full agenda, programme timings and your Zoom joining instructions. This email will include a joining link that can be used to access the course.

If you have not received your email two days before your event, do check your junk folder then contact SBK Healthcare on 01732 897788.

Practice sessions are available. If you would like to attend a zoom practice session before the event takes place, please let us know by emailing bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk. You will have the opportunity to meet an SBK Healthcare staff member who will ensure you are able to access zoom, that your camera and microphone work and you are fully set-up for the day. This is optional but if you do wish to attend, please use the same device that you plan to use on the day.

On the day, when registration starts, you will be able to join the course by initially entering a waiting room when there may be a short wait. The forum will include screen breaks, as well as topic themed interactive sessions which will take place in the breakout rooms.

Click here to view the specially created 5-minute video that will walk you through how to get the most out of attending your SBK Healthcare interactive online forum.

Certification of attendance

A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.

Registration fees

You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.

Modify registration

To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the SBK Healthcare Team.

Cancellations and substitutions

A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing and sent to the SBK Healthcare Team. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.

Event changes

It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.

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Connecting professionals managing commercial research studies across the NHS

This online forum is designed for NHS professionals involved in the set-up, management and delivery of commercial clinical research. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Commercial Research Managers, Leads and Co-ordinators
• Research Managers and Study Officers
• Clinical Research Officers and Practitioners
• Senior Research Nurses
• Commercial Research Facilitators
• Research Governance and R&D professionals
• Clinical Research Facility teams
• Clinical Trials and Research Delivery staff

If you have a team that is 25 people or more, you can have a bespoke course delivered online to your team alone. Please contact Sarah Kemm or telephone 01732 897788.

SBK has been supporting NHS clinical research teams since 2014, with events covering clinical research leadership and management, inspection readiness, feasibility and commercial research. We are delighted to be bringing back our commercial clinical research event for 2027, with a new programme focusing on the challenges facing NHS research teams today. Hear what previous attendees thought:

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Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These events offering dedicated presentation, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be full immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.

SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.

If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact: