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Edward Chesney's avatar

A few easy to implement solutions:

- research funders should act as study sponsors, unlike universities they have an incentive to support research

- approval at one NHS trust should mean that we can recruit participants nationally, it's unfair that patients are excluded from research based on their postcode

- consent for research contact should be opt-out, with a single national database

- clinical trials legislation should only be applied to studies which will be used to seek regulatory approval for novel medications/indications

If only there was some political will/interest.

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Thomas Reilly's avatar

I can’t disagree with any of this Ed!

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