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Clinical Trials

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 38877, tabled on 18 July 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of clinical trial participants were recruited to industry sponsored clinical trials supported by the NIHR Clinical Research Network in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 and (e) 2021-22.

Answered on

28 July 2022

The information requested is shown in the following table.

2017/18

3%

2018/19

3%

2019/20

2%

2020/21

1%

2021/22

1%

‘The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery’, published in March 2021, sets out the ambition to increase participation of patients to clinical trials, including industry sponsored trials. ‘The Future of Clinical Research Delivery: 2022 to 2025 implementation plan’, published on 30 June 2022, summarises progress to date and the actions which will be taken over the next three years to increase participation in clinical trials.