Research and innovation in health and social care

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Services

• COVID-19: E53 sequencing request form

  Form (E53) for genome sequencing for SARS-CoV-2.

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Guidance and regulation

• MHRA approach to medicines using non-animal methods
  • Detailed guide
  • 25 March 2026
  • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Attributing the costs of health and social care research
  • Guidance
  • 15 April 2024
  • Department of Health and Social Care
• Current DWP research being undertaken by external organisations
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 May 2026
  • Department for Work and Pensions
• UKHSA's Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre (VDEC)
  • Detailed guide
  • 10 January 2025
  • UK Health Security Agency
• Intellectual property (IP) guidance for the NHS in England
  • Guidance
  • 18 November 2025
  • Department of Health and Social Care

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News and communications

• Government drives forward its 150-day clinical trial target
  • 15 April 2026
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Press release
• Women's voices to be at the heart of renewed health strategy
  • 14 April 2026
  • Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England
  • Press release
• MHRA action boosts drive to phase out animal testing
  • 24 March 2026
  • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
  • Press release
• Patients to get new medicines up to six months sooner under new joint MHRA-NICE approval process
  • 17 March 2026
  • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
  • Press release
• Asthma and COPD patients to receive better care closer to home
  • 17 March 2026
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• UK Clinical Research Delivery key performance indicators: data to March 2026
  • 15 April 2026
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Official statistics
• UK Clinical Research Delivery key performance indicators: data to February 2026
  • 18 March 2026
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Official statistics
• UKNHCC annual report 2025
  • 9 March 2026
  • Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
  • Independent report
• UK Clinical Research Delivery key performance indicators: data to January 2026
  • 18 February 2026
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Official statistics
• UKNHCC scientific opinion: green kiwifruit powder and normal defecation
  • 29 January 2026
  • Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Our plan to improve the lives of people with ME/CFS (easy read)
  • 10 June 2025
  • Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Education, and Department for Work and Pensions
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 30 October 2023
• Renewed Women’s Health Strategy for England
  • 15 April 2026
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper
• England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2026
  • 14 April 2026
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper
• Shaping the National Cancer Plan
  • 4 February 2026
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Call for evidence outcome
• Transforming the UK clinical research system: August 2025 update
  • 4 August 2025
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Code on Genetic Testing and Insurance: 3-year review 2025
  • 5 March 2026
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Corporate report
• Assistive technology research and development work: 2024 to 2025
  • 15 December 2025
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Corporate report
• Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority annual report and accounts: 2024 to 2025
  • 24 July 2025
  • Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
  • Corporate report
• Veterans’ Health Innovation Fund: Report
  • 28 February 2025
  • Defence and Security Accelerator
  • Corporate report
• Assistive technology research and development work: 2023 to 2024
  • 25 February 2025
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

• Department
  of Health &
  Social Care
• Medicines & Healthcare products
  Regulatory Agency
• UK Health
  Security
  Agency
• Department for
  Science, Innovation
  & Technology
• Department
  for Education

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• Office for Health
  Improvement
  & Disparities
• Foreign, Commonwealth
  & Development Office
• Prime Minister's Office
  10 Downing Street
• Department
  for Work &
  Pensions
• Cabinet Office
• Government
  Office for Science
• Department for
  Business & Trade
• Intellectual
  Property
  Office
• Ministry
  of Defence
• Commission on Human Medicines
• Department for
  Energy Security
  & Net Zero
• Department
  for Environment,
  Food & Rural Affairs
• Driver & Vehicle
  Licensing
  Agency
• Government
  Actuary's
  Department
• Office for
  Investment
• UK Defence
  Innovation

• Office for Life Sciences
• National Data Guardian
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
• Accelerated Capability Environment
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Council for Science and Technology
• Government Chemist
• UK Space Agency

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