In this episode, we’re back in Elyse’s corner, and today, we’re talking about how governments and politics in general influence medical research and how it is conducted.

Remember, you can get in touch with us via clinical.research.intro@gmail.com. Please feel free to send questions, comments and compliments for Elyse to read out on the pod. It’s fun to make Debbie squirm!

Credit to our friend Sam Winnie for their awesome and cute music. Check out their work at https://www.samwinnie.com/

Resources -

https://acrpnet.org/2024/08/15/the-politics-of-health-how-elections-will-impact-the-life-sciences

Research investment in the UK - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-secures-400-million-investment-to-boost-clinical-trials

https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/find-a-clinical-trial/how-clinical-trials-are-planned-and-organised/how-clinical-trials-are-funded

The articles Elyse referred to -

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-022-01269-3#Abs1 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1258/jrsm.2008.070373

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3487230/#sec1-5

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10741248/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2739020/#b10

We have looked previously at what is needed to start a study, and so today we’re learning what is needed at the other end, when a study is ending. What happens when the patients are completed and we’re trying to wrap everything up? How do studies end and what should be done at that point? Listen to find out!

Remember, you can get in touch with us via clinical.research.intro@gmail.com. Please feel free to send questions, comments and compliments for Elyse to read out on the pod. It’s fun to make Debbie squirm!

Credit to our friend Sam Winnie for their awesome and cute music. Check out their work at https://www.samwinnie.com/

Returning for the second part of this episode, we start with recapping what we talked about in part 1 - although if you missed it you really should go back and listen to Ep30. We’re particularly looking at the healthcare impacts of inequality - why does it matter? And how these things are exacerbated by research. We hope you also note where our shiny rocks are appropriately polished to avoid any fines!

Remember, you can get in touch with us via clinical.research.intro@gmail.com. Please feel free to send questions, comments and compliments for Elyse to read out on the pod. It’s fun to make Debbie squirm!

Credit to our friend Sam Winnie for their awesome and cute music. Check out their work at https://www.samwinnie.com/

Resources -

https://www.aamc.org/news/how-we-fail-black-patients-pain

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22239747

https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/long-reads/what-are-health-inequalities#inequalities-in-life-expectancy

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK584392/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37676096/

https://www.hra.nhs.uk/planning-and-improving-research/best-practice/people-centred-clinical-research/people-centred-clinical-research-infographic/

Books -

Invisible Women - Caroline Criado Perez

Inflamed - Rupa Marya and Raj Patel

Doing Harm - Maya Dusenbery

Divided - Annabel Sowemimo