They'll also discuss why links to senior executives and the board were important for demonstrating that clinical trials could be delivered safely across a large and dispersed health service.

We're fortunate to develop our service design alongside the implementation of the National Clinical Trials Governance Framework, aligning our model of care from the outset rather than retrofitting governance and processes to an established system.

So the framework promotes equity of access to clinical trials by ensuring patients are offered trial participation as part of standard care.

regardless of where they live.

While the intent is clear, implementation, particularly in the regional setting, can be quite complex.

But we found that strong partnerships built across clinical, operational and governance domains were essential to fulfil the requirements of the framework.

Our first goal was to establish an interdepartmental working group across the trial centre, research governance and safety and quality with representation from our central team and our seven regions.

Thanks, Nadine.