Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with his counterparts in the Devolved nations to discuss the role of clinical research in (a) driving better patient outcomes ad (b) fostering better innovative treatments for patients.

We continue to meet regularly with the devolved administrations to discuss clinical research in the United Kingdom. ‘The Future of UK Clinical Research Delivery: 2022 to 2025 implementation plan’ has been developed by the UK Government and the devolved administrations in collaboration with the clinical research community and delivery partners through the UK Clinical Research Recovery Resilience and Growth programme.