Impacts of COVID-19 on clinical research in the UK: A multi-method qualitative case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical research has been central to the global response to COVID-19, and the United Kingdom (UK), with its research system embedded within the National Health Service (NHS), has been singled out globally for the scale and speed of its COVID-19 research response. This paper explores the impacts of COVID-19 on clinical research in an NHS Trust and how the embedded research system was adapted and repurposed to support the COVID-19 response.

Methods and findings

Using a multi-method qualitative case study of a research-intensive NHS Trust in London UK, we collected data through a questionnaire (n = 170) and semi-structured interviews (n = 24) with research staff working in four areas: research governance; research leadership; research delivery; and patient and publi

SUBMITTER: Wyatt D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8407556 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature