Today is your last chance to share feedback on study set-up in the UK.

We're asking you to share your experience of set-up by completing our short survey. 

Only 300 people have completed the survey so far, compared to more than 500 last year.

If you are involved in setting up studies at sites in the UK, we need to hear from you.

Please take this opportunity to let us know about your experience so we can track the progress we are making to improve things.

The survey closes at 5pm today. 

About the survey

Over the past year the Health Research Authority has been working with partners as part of the UK Clinical Research Delivery (UKCRD) programme to introduce changes to help speed up the study set-up at site process in the UK.

In 2025 we carried out a survey asking for people working in health and social care research to share their experience of study set-up at site. 

We're using the results from the survey to help us measure whether the changes have made a difference, and we are now repeating the survey for 2026.

We want to hear from you about:

• ease – how easy is it to set up studies?
• clarity – how clear are processes when setting up studies?
• consistency – how consistent is your experience across sites and settings?
• expectations – are studies usually set up in the way you expect them to be?
• efficiency – how efficient is the set-up process, is there unnecessary duplication?
• speed – how fast is it to set up studies?

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