Major DHSC funding announcement

Written By Luke Brewer

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have made a major announcement of £64m of funding to support the improvement of clinical research in the UK.

‘The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery: 2021 to 2022 implementation plan’ follows up from ‘Saving and Improving Lives: The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery’, published in March.

The implementation plan focuses on the activity for the next year, specifically:

  • the development and trial of new COVID-19 treatments and vaccines

  • making UK clinical research delivery easier through more rapid ethics reviews and faster approval processes

  • boosting clinical research capacity with more virtual and remote trials

  • increasing diversity and participation in research in communities traditionally under-served by research

  • digitising the clinical research process to allow researchers to find patients, offer them places in trials, and monitor health outcomes

Luke Brewer
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