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The government’s new 10 Year Health Plan, due to be launched this summer, aims to speed up clinical research in the UK to enable millions of people to take part in clinical trials.
- Millions to take part in clinical trials under 10 Year Health Plan, transforming patient care with groundbreaking treatments, while driving growth.
- Unparalleled access to trials via NHS App, and public reporting of trusts to show who is and is not delivering on trials, with funding prioritised for best performers.
- Plan for Change will turbocharge clinical research to regain UK’s clout on world stage and deliver most ambitious reduction in trial set-up times in British history.
This will result in patients receiving the most cutting-edge treatments years earlier than planned, as clinical trials will become quicker to set-up and the UK becomes a hotbed of innovation.
Millions of people will now be able to search for and sign up to life-changing clinical trials, via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Be Part of Research service on the NHS App, allowing patients to browse and find the trials best suited to their interests and needs. Adults across the UK are being urged to register with Be Part of Research, with underrepresented groups including young people, Black people and people of South Asian heritage particularly encouraged to sign up, at bepartofresearch.uk.
Eventually the plan will see the NHS App automatically match patients with studies based on their own health data and interests, sending push notifications to your phone about relevant new trials to sign up to.
The 10 Year Health Plan will bring transparency to which NHS trusts are performing well in clinical trials, and which are not. All NHS trusts and organisations will need to submit data on the number of trials being conducted and the amount of progress being made as a means to rebuild the country’s global status as the epicentre of research. Funding will be prioritised for the best performing NHS trusts.
