CCRA reception at the House of Lords
Posted by Andrew Smith on July 17, 2008
I have my invitation in my hand, to attend a reception organised on behalf of the Clinical Contract Research Association (CCRA) at the House of Lords. This is becoming a highlight of my summer, and I’m really looking forward to it, as last year’s event was a great success, with many interesting conversations with new people. That was despite being held in something of a monsoon!
I doubt that I will be posting a report on the event per se, but there will probably be some nuggets of insight that will feed into future postings and articles in CRfocus.
However, I am also working on a report from a conference held by the CCRA earlier this year, entitled “Is clinical research in the UK in crisis?” “Crisis” is a word that works far better in headlines than in practice, as it tends to polarise people’s emotional response to a situation. However, the meeting did identify a number of new areas that need to be addressed to improve the position of UK clinical research, and I hope to publish a summary (based on a huge transcript) in September’s issue of CRfocus.
