Research and development
Performance in initiating and delivering clinical research
The Government wishes to see a dramatic and sustained improvement in the performance of providers of NHS services in initiating and delivering clinical research. The aim is to increase the number of patients who have the opportunity to participate in research and to enhance the nation’s attractiveness as a host for research.
The Government’s plan for Growth announced the transformation of incentives for efficiency in initiation and delivery of research, the Department of Health is now seeking to achieve the transparency commitment for this exercise.
The West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been working under one or more NIHR contracts for clinical research and has been submitting information as contractually required on Performance in Initiating and Performance in Delivering Clinical Research. Below is information regarding the 70 day benchmark and recruitment to time and target for commercial contract clinical trials.
Performance in Initiating Clinical Research
For clinical trials with HRA approval where our site was selected in the previous twelve months.
Please follow the link below to see the data for the previous four quarters.
Performance in Delivering Clinical Research
For commercial contract clinical trials hosted by West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Please follow the link below to see the data for the previous four quarters.
Performance in Initiating and Delivering Clinical Research Data
The data for Initiating and Delivering Clinical Research at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for the previous four quarters can be found here.
Documents for Download
- Costing Pro-forma - Microsoft Word document opens in a separate applicaion
- Patient Information Documents - Microsoft Word document opens in a separate applicaion
- Model Agreements - Opens in a new window
- Template CV - Microsoft Word document opens in a separate applicaion
