The Government wants to see a dramatic improvement in the time it takes NHS trusts to set up research studies and enter patients into these studies, so that the number of patients who have the opportunity to take part in research will increase.
This is also intended to make the UK a more attractive place to undertake research for commercial organisations.
Starting clinical trials: the 70-day benchmark
The Government have set a target of 70 days for the time that NHS trusts should take between receiving a valid research application and when the first patient is recruited into the trial – this is known as the '70-day benchmark'.
To see how we are doing against this measure, download our activity against the 70-day benchmark, 1 October 2016 to 31 September 2017 (PDF 222Kb).
Recruiting patients on time and to target
We also have to report on how well we are doing at recruiting the right number of patients for each study within an agreed time period.
To see how we are doing, download recruiting patients on time and to target, 1 October 2016 to 31 September 2017 (PDF 132Kb).
Find out more
For more information, please email r&dadmin@gstt.nhs.uk.