Video: Why are we not doing clinical trials routinely at the point of care?

The NHS could run clinical trials 'practically for free' if they were conducted routinely at the point of care, Dr Ben Goldacre told the RCGP conference.

Dr Ben Goldacre (Photo: Pete Hill)

However, the system needs to change to enable this. In the video below he explains what happened when he tried to undertake such a trial five years ago.

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