Performance information on the initiation and delivery of clinical research
NIHR Clinical Trial 70-day Benchmark and Clinical Trial Recruitment Transparency
The Government wants to see a dramatic and sustained improvement in the performance of providers of NHS services in initiating and delivering clinical research.
The Government’s Plan for Growth, published in March 2011, announced the transformation of incentives at local level for efficiency in initiation and delivery of clinical research.
As part of this incentivisation, the Department of Health and Social Care requires, via the new National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) contracts with providers of NHS services, the publication on a quarterly basis of information regarding: the 70-day benchmark for clinical trial initiation; and the recruitment to time and target for commercial contract clinical trials.
Providers of NHS services are required to publish the following information for Initiating Clinical Research (i.e. the 70-day benchmark) on a publicly available part of their website:
- The Research Ethics Committee (REC) reference number
- The Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) Number
- The name of the clinical trial
- The date the site was invited
- The date the site was selected
- The HRA Approval date
- The date the site was confirmed by the sponsor
- The date the site was confirmed
- The date when the site is ready to start
- The date of the recruitment of first patient, and
- The source of the delay in recruiting the first patient into a trial (NHS Provider/ Sponsor/ Both/ Neither).
Plus, in the event that a trial initiation did not proceed to confirmation:
- The non-confirmation status.
Providers of NHS services are also required to publish the following information regarding commercial contract clinical trials, to meet the transparency commitment for delivering clinical research to time and target on a publicly available part of their website:
- The Research Ethics Committee (REC) reference number
- The Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) Number
- The name of the clinical trial
- Whether or not a target number of patients was agreed
- The minimum number of patients agreed to be recruited (if a range has been agreed; this will be the same as the maximum if a fixed number has been agreed)
- The maximum number of patients agreed to be recruited (if a range has been agreed; this will be the same as the minimum if a fixed number has been agreed)
- Whether or not a target date to recruit patients was agreed
- The date agreed to recruit the target number of patients
- The total number of patients recruited at the agreed target date
- The total number of study participants recruited
- The date that the trial closed to recruitment
- The reason for the closure of the trial.
Below is a list of providers of NHS services in receipt of a new NIHR contract and a link to their website where the above data is published. Note where a provider of NHS services has failed to provide a link to their performance data this is highlighted.
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2gether NHSFT |
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Aintree University Hospital NHSFT |
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Airedale NHSFT |
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Alder Hey Children's NHSFT |
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Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHSFT |
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Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHST |
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHST |
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Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHST |
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Barnsley Hospital NHSFT |
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Barts Health NHST |
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Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHSFT |
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Bedford Hospital NHST |
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Berkshire Healthcare NHSFT |
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Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHSFT |
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Birmingham Community Healthcare NHSFT |
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Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHSFT |
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Black Country Partnership NHSFT |
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHSFT |
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Bolton NHSFT |
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Bradford District Care NHSFT |
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Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHSFT |
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Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHST |
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHST |
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Burton Hospitals NHSFT |
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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHSFT |
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Cambridge University Hospitals NHSFT |
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHSFT |
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Cambridgeshire Community Services NHST |
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Camden and Islington NHSFT |
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Central and North West London NHSFT |
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHSFT |
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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHSFT |
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Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHSFT |
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City Hospitals Sunderland NHSFT |
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Colchester Hospital University NHSFT |
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Cornwall Partnership NHSFT |
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Countess of Chester Hospital NHSFT |
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County Durham and Darlington NHSFT |
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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHST |
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Croydon Health Services NHST |
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Cumbria Partnership NHSFT |
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Dartford and Gravesham NHST |
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Derby Teaching Hospitals NHSFT |
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Derbyshire Community Health Services NHST |
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Derbyshire Healthcare NHSFT |
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Devon Partnership NHST |
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Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHSFT |
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Dorset County Hospital NHSFT |
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Dorset Healthcare University NHSFT |
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Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHST |
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East and North Hertfordshire NHST |
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East Cheshire NHST |
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East Kent Hospitals University NHSFT |
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East Lancashire Hospitals NHST |
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East London NHSFT |
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East Midlands Ambulance Service NHST |
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East of England Ambulance Service NHST |
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East Sussex Healthcare NHST |
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Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHST |
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Essex Partnership University NHSFT |
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Frimley Health NHSFT |
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Gateshead Health NHSFT |
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George Eliot Hospital NHST |
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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHSFT |
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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHSFT |
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Great Western Hospitals NHSFT |
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Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT |
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Guy's and St Thomas' NHSFT |
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Hampshire Hospitals NHSFT |
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Harrogate and District NHSFT |
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Heart Of England NHSFT |
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Hertfordshire Community NHST |
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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHSFT |
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Homerton University Hospital NHSFT |
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Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHST |
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Humber NHSFT |
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Imperial College Healthcare NHST |
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Ipswich Hospital NHST |
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Isle of Wight NHST |
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James Paget University Hospitals NHSFT |
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Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
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Kent Community Health NHSFT |
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Kettering General Hospital NHSFT |
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King's College Hospital NHSFT |
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Kingston Hospital NHSFT |
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Lancashire Care NHSFT |
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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHSFT |
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Leeds and York Partnership NHSFT |
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Leeds Community Healthcare NHST |
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHST |
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Leicestershire Partnership NHST |
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Lewisham and Greenwich NHST |
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Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHST |
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Lincolnshire Partnership NHSFT |
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Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHSFT |
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Liverpool Women's NHSFT |
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London Ambulance Service NHST |
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London North West Healthcare NHST |
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Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHSFT |
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHST |
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Manchester University NHSFT |
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Medway NHSFT |
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Mersey Care NHSFT |
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Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHSFT |
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Mid Essex Hospital Services NHST |
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Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHST |
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Milton Keynes University Hospital NHSFT |
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Moorfields Eye Hospital NHSFT |
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHSFT |
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Norfolk and Suffolk NHSFT |
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Norfolk Community Health and Care NHST |
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North Bristol NHST |
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North Cumbria University Hospitals NHST |
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North East Ambulance Service NHSFT |
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North East London NHSFT |
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North Middlesex University Hospital NHST |
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North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHST |
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North Tees and Hartlepool NHSFT |
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North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust |
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North West Boroughs Healthcare NHSFT |
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Northampton General Hospital NHST |
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Northamptonshire Healthcare NHSFT |
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Northern Devon Healthcare NHST |
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Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHSFT |
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Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHSFT |
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Northumbria Healthcare NHSFT |
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Nottingham University Hospitals NHST |
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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHSFT |
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Oxford Health NHSFT |
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Oxford University Hospitals NHSFT |
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Papworth Hospital NHSFT |
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Pennine Acute Hospitals NHST |
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Pennine Care NHSFT |
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Plymouth Hospitals NHST |
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Poole Hospital NHSFT |
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Portsmouth Hospitals NHST |
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Queen Victoria Hospital NHSFT |
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Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT |
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Royal Berkshire NHSFT |
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Royal Brompton and Harefield NHSFT |
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHST |
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Royal Devon and Exeter NHSFT |
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Royal Free London NHSFT |
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Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHST |
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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHST |
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Royal Surrey County Hospital NHSFT |
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Royal United Hospitals Bath NHSFT |
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Salford Royal NHSFT |
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Salisbury NHSFT |
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Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHST |
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Sheffield Children's NHSFT |
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Sheffield Health and Social Care NHSFT |
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHSFT |
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHSFT |
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Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHST |
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Solent NHST |
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Somerset Partnership NHSFT |
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South Central Ambulance Service NHSFT |
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South East Coast Ambulance Service NHSFT |
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South London and Maudsley NHSFT |
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South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHSFT |
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South Tees Hospitals NHSFT |
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South Tyneside NHSFT |
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South Warwickshire NHSFT |
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South West Yorkshire Partnership NHSFT |
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South Western Ambulance Service NHSFT |
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Southend University Hospital NHSFT |
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Southern Health NHSFT |
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Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHST |
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St George's University Hospitals NHSFT |
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St Helen's and Knowsley Hospital Services NHST |
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Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHST |
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Stockport NHSFT |
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Surrey and Borders Partnership NHSFT |
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHST |
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Sussex Community NHSFT |
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Sussex Partnership NHSFT |
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Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHSFT |
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Taunton and Somerset NHSFT |
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Tavistock and Portman NHSFT |
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Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHSFT |
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The Christie NHSFT |
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The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHSFT |
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The Dudley Group NHSFT |
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The Hillingdon Hospitals NHSFT |
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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHSFT |
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The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHST |
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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn, NHSFT |
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The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHSFT |
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The Rotherham NHSFT |
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The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHSFT |
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The Royal Marsden NHSFT |
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The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHSFT |
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The Royal Wolverhampton NHST |
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The Walton Centre NHSFT |
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The Whittington Hospital NHST |
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Torbay and South Devon NHSFT |
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United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHST |
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University College London Hospitals NHSFT |
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University Hospital Southampton NHSFT |
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHSFT |
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University Hospitals Bristol NHSFT |
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University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHST |
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University Hospitals of Leicester NHST |
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHSFT |
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHST |
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Walsall Healthcare NHST |
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Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHSFT |
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West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHST |
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West London Mental Health NHST |
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West Midlands Ambulance Service NHSFT |
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West Suffolk NHSFT |
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Western Sussex Hospitals NHSFT |
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Weston Area Health NHST |
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Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHSFT |
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHST |
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Worcestershire Health and Care NHST |
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHSFT |
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Wye Valley NHST |
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Yeovil District Hospital NHSFT |
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York Teaching Hospital NHSFT |
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Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHST |