Policy paper

Government response to the review into commercial clinical trials

The full government response to the Lord O'Shaughnessy independent review of UK commercial clinical trials.

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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The government published its initial response to the聽Lord O鈥橲haughnessy review into UK commercial clinical trials聽in May 2023. The initial response welcomed all recommendations from the review in principle, and made 5 headline commitments backed by up to 拢121 million funding.

This report sets out our response in full and integrates Lord O鈥橲haughnessy鈥檚 recommendations into our programme of work to implement our bold and ambitious 10-year vision,聽Saving and Improving Lives: The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery. It provides:

  • an update on progress made against the 5 headline commitments
  • new national performance indicators which will drive progress in the delivery of clinical research across the UK
  • a prioritised response on the remaining recommendations and the existing programme of work announced in our previous implementation plans, which this supersedes

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Published 22 November 2023
Last updated 8 December 2023 show all updates
  1. Added Welsh version.

  2. First published.

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