“Clinical trials are the life blood of every new medicine” – ITV Wales This Week

Our National Director of Support and Delivery, Dr Nicola Williams, has given key insights into the way clinical trials are run in Wales in a moving and powerful documentary for ITV Wales This Week.

Health and Care Research Wales has been working with ITV Wales and other partners, including Velindre NHS Trust, to help shine a light on the benefits, opportunities and challenges that exist in delivering clinical trials in Wales.

Watch the full documentary on the ITV website.

If you’re interested in learning more about the life-saving research happening in Wales, and the people like you who make it happen, read some of our other stories:

• Launch of hit new BBC One drama ‘Men Up’ shines light on how Welsh participants shaped life-saving research
• Research in Wales making a difference to the mental health of Welsh children and young people
• Swansea research team plays major role in ground-breaking international stroke study
• Wales at the forefront of lung cancer diagnosis research
• Welsh researchers investigating the use of cold-stored blood platelets in bid to save more lives

If you’ve been inspired by the ITV documentary to take part in research, learn about the research studies currently recruiting in Wales by visiting the Be Part of Research website.

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