Part of Data for Research and Development Programme - Evaluation
Appendix A: stakeholder contributors
The Data for R&D Programme evaluation team would like to thank the individuals who have contributed to the Programme evaluation.
43 Individuals were identified and invited of which 37 accepted and were interviewed (in 33 interview sessions) representing national leadership and policy, SDEs and DigiTrials as well as researchers.
Observations
While the main body of the evaluation contains weighted insights, extracted lessons learned as well as recommendations, it is still of interest to consider the very subjective nature of what interviewees spent the majority of time discussing. Interviews were deliberately open (while ensuring there was sufficient coverage across questions for the appropriate interviewees) meaning the interview flow was largely down to the interviewee to control.
The conversations tended to focus on the achievements linked to:
- delivery of infrastructure
- development of capacity and capability of the SDEs
- the foundations to support future clinical trials
- engagement with patients and the public
The discussions focused less on the objectives linked to the development of genomic datasets and the delivery of fair financial return to the NHS.
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