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A new £1.4m clinical facility that will carry out "ground-breaking research" is to be built at a hospital in Devon. The funding for the hub, which will be based at North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple, was secured by the Royal Devon Trust.
Research carried out at the facility will include specialised heart studies, as well as trials exploring issues such as lower back pain, joint problems and osteoarthritis.
The hub is the first dedicated facility for clinical research in North Devon and, according to one NHS trust boss, will help tackle "health inequalities" in the region.
Professor Helen Quinn, director of research and development at the Royal Devon, said: “This is fantastic news for the North Devon population. We know patients who are treated in research active hospitals
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