Clinical Trials Arena June 12, 2024
The NHS is also working at prioritising research in line with the service’s long-term plan.
To improve the research space in the UK, there needs to be a push for other types of research beyond commercial clinical trials, a National Health Service (NHS) research director has said.
In May 2023, Lord James O’Shaughnessy released a report about commercial clinical trials in the UK after the country witnessed a 44% reduction in commercial clinical trial initiation between 2017 and 2022, dropping from fourth to tenth as global contributors.
The report highlighted several ways in which the space needs to be reformed, including a push for primary care to be more involved in research. At the NHS Confed Expo, held at the...