Our achievements for the year

Last updated on 1 Oct 2020

Worked with the public and devolved nations to develop our Make It Public research transparency strategy

Trialled our Combined Ways of Working (CWoW) process, reducing approval times for clinical trials of medicines by 40%

Implemented a new structure for our approvals teams which supports integration and makes it easier for researchers to make an application

Established our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion steering group and staff interest groups to support this

Over 30,000 visits to our new Learning Management System by researchers, committee members and staff

Implemented fast track approvals for COVID -19 studies and virtual REC meetings to discuss COVID-19 applications

Over 2 million unique visits to the HRA website and a 41% increase in Twitter followers

Published our Disability Leave Policy and trained line managers around disability awareness

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