About research

About research at Devon Partnership NHS Trust

We are proud to be one of the leading and most trusted NHS Trusts for mental health and dementia research.

Our team includes senior researchers, nurses and research assistants, and we work closely with many academic and research partners.

We believe our work plays an important role in helping people better understand mental health, develop better treatments, and improve care for those who use our services.

Our researchers and innovators work closely with the people who use services carers, and staff to carry out meaningful mental health research. 

This includes testing new medicines, trying out new types of therapy, using digital tools to deliver care and finding ways to make mental health support easier to access.

We want everyone to benefit from the progress we make in mental health care and to help reduce unfair differences in health across the South West.

We are trusted to run large and complex studies to high standards across many conditions and treatments. Working with top research organisations in the South West region, our skilled and experienced team delivers award-winning and world-first research that makes a real difference in people's lives.