More than 75,000 take part in Thames Valley research
More than 75,000 participants took part in studies we supported last year, new figures show.
A total 75,428 took part in 448 studies in hospitals, care homes and community settings such as GP practices in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire from April 2020 to March 2021.
This includes 51,395 participants in 36 nationally-prioritised COVID-19 studies.
- 2,552 participants took part in 39 studies at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- 3,369 took part in 41 studies at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- 2,367 took part in 44 studies at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- 2,635 took part in 43 studies at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- 12,517 took part in 286 studies at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- 4,759 took part in 53 studies at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- 6,940 took part in 45 studies in Thames Valley's community settings, such as GP practices
- 40,289 took part in 19 studies in non-NHS settings such as care homes and the University of Oxford
Our Clinical Director, Prof Belinda Lennox, said: “This year has demonstrated, more than ever before, the vital importance of clinical research - we have trialled treatments that have saved lives and developed new vaccines that prevent disease.
“This is only possible because of research and because of the volunteers who have given their time and altruistically taken part, not knowing whether they would benefit or not.
“Thank you to each and every person who has taken part in clinical research this year. You have done something amazing.”
