Performance in initiating and delivering 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.

For clinical trials, the National Institute of Health Research  (NIHR) will publish outcomes against agreed benchmarks, including an initial benchmark of 70 days or less from the time a provider of NHS services receives a valid research application* to the time when that provider recruits the first patient for that study.

In future, NIHR funding to providers of NHS services will become conditional on meeting benchmarks, including the 70-day benchmark to recruit first patients for trials.

We have to provide data on our Performance in Initiating Clinical Research and in the Performance in Delivering Clinical Research to the NIHR Central Commissioning Facility on a quarterly basis.

To review this information for the previous five submitted quarters please visit the Clinical Trial Performance Submission Platform.

For historical reports please contact the LCH Research Team at LCH.Research@nhs.net

• QClinical Outcomes (Easy Read)

  The following information helps to explain what clinical outcome measures are used within our organisation:

  Clinical outcomes are measurable changes in a person’s health or quality of life that result from our care.

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  Outcomes show both of us (clinician and person), you’re getting the most out of your care.

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  Outcomes focus on quality of life, which are discussed together, and the improvement is what is important to you.

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  Outcomes could be related to your mental health.

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  Outcomes could be related to your physical health.

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  Outcomes could be related to self-care.

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  Outcomes could be related to daily living skills / getting out and about socially.

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  We use Outcomes to make sure we are making progress on what matters to you.

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  We use Outcomes to help make decisions/plans about your care.

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  We want to measure the evidence is working.

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  Outcome measures help us make our care better.

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  Outcome measures help us have conversations about what we can achieve.

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  We get information about Outcomes in different ways:

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  …by listening to the things you tell us at appointments.

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  …by asking you the same questions throughout your care.

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  …by asking you to do tasks.

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  …by asking you to do clinical tasks.

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