Clinical Trials: North East

(asked on 4th September 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase clinical trials capacity in the North East.


Answered by
Will Quince Portrait
Will Quince
This question was answered on 6th September 2023

To increase clinical trials capacity in the North East, the Department provides funding through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) infrastructure in line with the Government’s Vision for the Future of UK Clinical Research. This includes investment in the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN), NIHR Clinical Research Facility (CRF) and NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre (PRC).

The NIHR CRN supports patients, the public and health and care organisations throughout England to participate in high-quality research; the NIHR Local CRN North East and North Cumbria facilitates effective and efficient clinical trial participation, setup and delivery across the North East. Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was recently re-awarded funding for the NIHR Newcastle CRF for delivery of high-quality experimental medical research and early phase clinical trials. Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust also hosts one of five NIHR PRCs, a facility dedicated to delivering commercial research. In addition, NIHR recently awarded capital funding for new research equipment to NHS trusts, of which the North East received over £4 million.

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