Trust level Recruitment Report
Updated 23rd September 2026
Table of Contents
Overview
The UK government is committed to increasing recruitment to clinical trials, so that more people can access innovative treatments while strengthening the UK’s position as a leading destination for life sciences research and investment. Its ambitions to increase recruitment to commercial interventional clinical trials is set out in the Life Sciences Sector Plan.
This report presents data on recruitment activity for commercial interventional trials at each NHS trust over the preceding six months.
Whilst it presents data for commercial interventional clinical trials in the first instance, reporting of data for non-commercial and observational studies is expected in the future.
This report will be published monthly. Data are monitored on an ongoing, real‑time basis, and sites are encouraged to enter data as soon as possible.
Data sources and coverage
This report uses data from the National Institute for Health & Care Research (NIHR) Research Delivery Network (RDN) Central Portfolio Management System (CPMS). The data cover commercially sponsored interventional clinical research studies in England that are recorded on the CPMS.
Data quality
Data quality depends on the accuracy, timeliness and completeness of information entered into CPMS and local portfolio management systems by sponsors and research sites. There may be delays in data entry by sponsors or sites, data are updated retrospectively in future reports.
How the data are reported
The report shows, for each NHS trust, the number of commercial interventional clinical trials that were open to recruitment at any point during the 6-month reporting period, and the number of participants recruited to those trials during the same period. A trial may be included in the number of open trials even if no participants were recruited to it during the reporting period.
Data tables
Report date: 22 September 2026
NIHR RDN data cut date: 30 June 2026
Recruitment to commercial interventional studies on the NIHR RDN portfolio since 01 January 2026.
| Trust Name | Trust Code | Number of studies open | Number of participants recruited |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | RHM | 109 | 374 |
| Barts Health NHS Trust | R1H | 238 | 327 |
| Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | RR8 | 142 | 300 |
| The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust | RPY | 202 | 285 |
| University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RRV | 247 | 278 |
| The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RTD | 179 | 255 |
| East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust | RDE | 17 | 221 |
| Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RTH | 167 | 169 |
| Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | R0A | 56 | 163 |
| Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | RJ1 | 246 | 145 |
| The Christie NHS Foundation Trust | RBV | 166 | 141 |
| Bristol NHS Foundation Trust | RA7 | 121 | 136 |
| St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RJ7 | 60 | 136 |
| University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust | RWE | 106 | 134 |
| Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | RAL | 152 | 128 |
| Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | RH8 | 43 | 127 |
| Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RGT | 186 | 126 |
| King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RJZ | 145 | 122 |
| Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust | RYJ | 165 | 113 |
| University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | RRK | 149 | 113 |
| Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust | RHU | 29 | 105 |
| University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust | RYR | 47 | 87 |
| Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | RWA | 55 | 75 |
| Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RHQ | 76 | 72 |
| Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust | REF | 44 | 71 |
| Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | RX1 | 90 | 70 |
| Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RAE | 47 | 65 |
| University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust | RK9 | 59 | 62 |
| The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust | REN | 59 | 56 |
| Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | RD1 | 17 | 55 |
| East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust | RWH | 42 | 49 |
| Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RM1 | 38 | 49 |
| Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RA2 | 27 | 47 |
| University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust | RKB | 28 | 44 |
| Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | RHA | 2 | 42 |
| Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust | RP4 | 80 | 41 |
| University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust | RJE | 32 | 41 |
| Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RQM | 30 | 37 |
| Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RP6 | 17 | 37 |
| Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RJR | 2 | 36 |
| Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | RXF | 15 | 36 |
| South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RTR | 24 | 36 |
| Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | REM | 49 | 35 |
| Somerset NHS Foundation Trust | RH5 | 30 | 35 |
| Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust | RM3 | 77 | 30 |
| Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RGM | 26 | 30 |
| The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust | RL4 | 37 | 28 |
| Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RXN | 23 | 26 |
| Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust | RA9 | 24 | 26 |
| London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust | R1K | 27 | 25 |
| Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | RTF | 15 | 23 |
| Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust | RHW | 17 | 23 |
| South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust | RV5 | 23 | 23 |
| Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | RWP | 5 | 23 |
| Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust | RQ3 | 35 | 21 |
| Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RBD | 5 | 21 |
| Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RN5 | 6 | 21 |
| York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RCB | 8 | 21 |
| North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust | RWW | 1 | 20 |
| The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | RXW | 4 | 19 |
| University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust | RTG | 16 | 17 |
| James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RGP | 9 | 16 |
| South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | R0B | 15 | 16 |
| Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust | RCU | 36 | 15 |
| Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RTE | 17 | 14 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | RW1 | 8 | 14 |
| Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | RTP | 4 | 14 |
| United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | RWD | 22 | 14 |
| Wye Valley NHS Trust | RLQ | 2 | 14 |
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Foundation Trust | RCX | 6 | 13 |
| University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust | R0D | 16 | 13 |
| Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust | RBS | 23 | 11 |
| Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust | RWF | 16 | 11 |
| Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust | RAJ | 10 | 10 |
| West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust | RGR | 3 | 10 |
| Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust | RXQ | 8 | 9 |
| Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust | RWY | 14 | 9 |
| Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | RJ8 | 4 | 9 |
| Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RBQ | 9 | 9 |
| Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RXL | 14 | 8 |
| Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust | RT1 | 6 | 8 |
| East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | RXR | 4 | 8 |
| Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust | RDU | 8 | 8 |
| Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | RBN | 5 | 8 |
| Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust | RNU | 11 | 8 |
| The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RL1 | 2 | 8 |
| University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust | RTX | 5 | 8 |
| Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RP5 | 10 | 7 |
| Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust | RW5 | 3 | 7 |
| Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust | RJ2 | 1 | 7 |
| North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust | RGN | 9 | 7 |
| Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust | RX3 | 2 | 7 |
| Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RC9 | 8 | 6 |
| County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust | RXP | 3 | 6 |
| East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust | RVV | 21 | 6 |
| George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust | RLT | 5 | 6 |
| Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust | RXV | 6 | 6 |
| Medway NHS Foundation Trust | RPA | 4 | 6 |
| Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | RRE | 11 | 6 |
| Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | RXX | 4 | 6 |
| Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RFS | 8 | 5 |
| The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust | RQW | 5 | 5 |
| West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | RWG | 2 | 5 |
| Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RTK | 5 | 4 |
| Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust | RR7 | 3 | 4 |
| Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RN3 | 7 | 4 |
| Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust | R1A | 3 | 4 |
| Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RD8 | 8 | 4 |
| Stockport NHS Foundation Trust | RWJ | 10 | 4 |
| Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | RMP | 1 | 4 |
| The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | RNA | 8 | 4 |
| Whittington Health NHS Trust | RKE | 3 | 4 |
| East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | RXC | 4 | 3 |
| Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust | RCD | 2 | 3 |
| Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RBT | 2 | 3 |
| Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust | RAN | 1 | 3 |
| Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust | RNZ | 2 | 3 |
| Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | RX2 | 1 | 3 |
| Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust | RBK | 2 | 3 |
| Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust | RRF | 2 | 3 |
| Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust | RN7 | 1 | 2 |
| Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust | RY6 | 1 | 2 |
| Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RPC | 1 | 2 |
| The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust | RET | 7 | 2 |
| Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | RF4 | 7 | 1 |
| Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RFF | 2 | 1 |
| Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | RYW | 1 | 1 |
| Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust | RX4 | 5 | 1 |
| East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust | RY3 | 2 | 1 |
| Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust | RVR | 2 | 1 |
| Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | RQX | 1 | 1 |
| Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust | RY5 | 1 | 1 |
| Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust | REP | 3 | 1 |
| North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust | RVW | 3 | 1 |
| Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust | RJL | 1 | 1 |
| Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust | RXK | 6 | 1 |
| Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RK5 | 3 | 1 |
| Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust | R1D | 1 | 1 |
| The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | RAS | 5 | 1 |
| Airedale NHS Foundation Trust | RCF | 0 | 0 |
| Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust | RVN | 0 | 0 |
| Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | RWX | 0 | 0 |
| Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust | RXT | 2 | 0 |
| Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | TAJ | 1 | 0 |
| Bolton NHS Foundation Trust | RMC | 1 | 0 |
| Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust | TAD | 1 | 0 |
| Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust | RV3 | 0 | 0 |
| Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust | RYX | 0 | 0 |
| Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | RXA | 0 | 0 |
| Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust | RYG | 0 | 0 |
| Croydon Health Services NHS Trust | RJ6 | 0 | 0 |
| Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust | RY8 | 1 | 0 |
| Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | RXM | 3 | 0 |
| Devon Partnership NHS Trust | RWV | 1 | 0 |
| Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust | RDY | 0 | 0 |
| East Cheshire NHS Trust | RJN | 0 | 0 |
| East London NHS Foundation Trust | RWK | 0 | 0 |
| East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust | RX9 | 0 | 0 |
| East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust | RYC | 0 | 0 |
| Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | R1L | 0 | 0 |
| Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust | RTQ | 0 | 0 |
| Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust | RY4 | 0 | 0 |
| Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | RWR | 0 | 0 |
| Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust | RV9 | 0 | 0 |
| Isle of Wight NHS Trust | R1F | 0 | 0 |
| Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust | RXY | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust | RYY | 0 | 0 |
| Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RNQ | 3 | 0 |
| Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust | RAX | 2 | 0 |
| Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | RGD | 1 | 0 |
| Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust | RT5 | 1 | 0 |
| Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | RP7 | 0 | 0 |
| London Ambulance Service NHS Trust | RRU | 0 | 0 |
| Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust | RW4 | 0 | 0 |
| Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust | RMY | 0 | 0 |
| North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | RNN | 0 | 0 |
| North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust | RX6 | 0 | 0 |
| North East London NHS Foundation Trust | RAT | 0 | 0 |
| North London NHS Foundation Trust | G6V2S | 1 | 0 |
| North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust | RLY | 0 | 0 |
| North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust | RX7 | 0 | 0 |
| Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust | RNS | 2 | 0 |
| Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | RP1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust | RPG | 0 | 0 |
| Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust | RT2 | 0 | 0 |
| Public Health Wales NHS Trust | RYT | 0 | 0 |
| Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust | RXE | 1 | 0 |
| Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | TAH | 5 | 0 |
| South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust | RYE | 0 | 0 |
| South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust | RYD | 0 | 0 |
| South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust | RJC | 2 | 0 |
| South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust | RQY | 0 | 0 |
| South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | RXG | 1 | 0 |
| South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust | RYF | 0 | 0 |
| Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust | RDR | 0 | 0 |
| The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust | RFR | 0 | 0 |
| The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RRJ | 0 | 0 |
| Velindre NHS Trust | RQF | 23 | 0 |
| Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust | RT4 | 0 | 0 |
| West London NHS Trust | RKL | 0 | 0 |
| West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust | RYA | 0 | 0 |
| Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust | RY7 | 0 | 0 |
| Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | RBL | 0 | 0 |
| Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust | RX8 | 0 | 0 |