Jeremy Taylor, NIHR Director for Public Voice, NIHR Centre for Engagement and Dissemination, discusses how COVID-19 has brought clinical trials to the forefront and outlines recent work done by the Centre on improving the experience of those participating in clinical trials.
Suddenly everyone is talking about clinical trials. COVID-19 has raised their public profile and resulted in new platforms for public engagement – for example the new process that allows people to register their interest in COVID-19 vaccines trials.