UK Clinical Research Delivery key performance indicators: data to March 2026

Report bringing together data on the delivery of globally competitive clinical research through the UK Clinical Research Delivery programme.

The UK Clinical Research Delivery (UKCRD) programme key performance indicators (KPIs) are published as official statistics in development.

The KPIs apply across the UK and measure:

• trends in the speed and predictability of regulatory and study set-up times
• delivery of research to time and target
• volume of clinical research activity

This version of the UKCRD KPIs report supersedes previous editions published on the UKCRD programme website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-clinical-research-delivery-key-performance-indicators-data-to-march-2026