CQC Registered · MHRA Compliant · UK-Wide

Decentralised clinical trials, delivered to the door.

Home Trial Care brings the clinical trial site to your participants. Pre-screening, home visit nursing, and a nationwide fleet of mobile research units — removing the barriers that cost trials their data.

7×
Days per week availability, including bank holidays
2wk
Fastest first-patient start from contract signing
UK-wide
Coverage with dedicated clinicians for each region
100%
Senior clinicians — no agency or junior staff
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New: Mobile Research Units A UK-wide network of fully-equipped research vans — bringing GCP-compliant clinical infrastructure to any community.
CQC Registered
ISO-compliant data security
Daily visits 7 days a week
Dedicated patient-facing team
GCP · BLS · GDPR · IATA trained

Everything your decentralised trial needs

Three integrated capabilities that span the full participant journey — from first contact to final visit.

01
Service one

Nurse-led pre-screening

Reduce screen failure rates and maximise eligible enrolment with clinician-led remote and telephone pre-screening, conducted before participants reach your site.

  • Structured eligibility review against study inclusion/exclusion criteria
  • Nurse-conducted telephone assessments with contemporaneous documentation
  • Phlebotomy pre-screening visits at home where required
  • Integration with your CTMS or EDC system
  • Reduces unnecessary site burden and accelerates enrolment timelines
02
Service two

Home visit clinical research nursing

Our hand-picked research nursing team attends participants in their own homes across the UK, maintaining the gold standard of care that site visits provide — without the travel burden.

  • Research nurses with GCP, BLS, GDPR, IATA and bespoke study training
  • Specialist skill mix: TVN, diabetes, community, gynaecology and GP-level
  • Continuity of care — same clinician allocated throughout where possible
  • Investigational product administration, phlebotomy, assessments and more
  • High-intensity support: up to daily visits, 7 days a week
  • Backup clinicians trained on every study for emergency cover
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Service three New

UK-wide mobile research units

Through our partnership with the Primary Care Research Alliance, we provide access to a UK-wide network of GP-led practices that bring their own fully equipped mobile research vans and research nursing teams — operating as contractors to Home Trial Care.

  • Vans owned and operated by PCRA member practices, not Home Trial Care
  • Research nursing provided by the PCRA contractor, embedded in local primary care
  • UK-wide regional coverage through the PCRA member network
  • Purpose-built for decentralised and hybrid trial models
  • One contract with Home Trial Care — we manage the partner relationships
  • MHRA-compliant delivery under Home Trial Care governance
Network coverage London Manchester Glasgow Edinburgh
8+
Regions covered
GCP
Compliant environments
IP-ready
Cold chain & storage
DCT-first
Hybrid trial design

The clinical site, reimagined.

Home Trial Care has partnered with the Primary Care Research Alliance to access a UK-wide network of mobile research units. The vans and the nursing teams are owned and provided by PCRA member practices operating as contractors — we co-ordinate, govern, and are your single point of contract.

  • Fully equipped clinical environment
    Clinical-grade examination space, medical equipment, secure IP storage, cold chain capability, and digital connectivity — in every unit.
  • Deployed alongside primary care partners
    Units can be sited at partner GP surgeries, pharmacies, and community venues — leveraging our primary care network to reach patients where they already receive care.
  • MHRA-compliant operations
    Full regulatory documentation, temperature monitoring, audit-ready data capture and GCP-trained staff in every deployment.
  • Hybrid and fully-decentralised models
    Combine van-based visits with home nursing and site activity to create the optimal participant pathway for your protocol.

Built differently, by design.

1
Senior clinicians only
Every nurse and doctor on our team is an experienced senior community clinician. We do not use agency staff, junior clinicians, or laboratory-background nurses.
2
Continuity that drives retention
The same clinician is allocated to a participant for the duration of their trial involvement wherever operationally possible, building trust that improves completion rates.
3
Data security as standard
A dedicated Data Protection Officer and senior IT manager oversee all information pathways. Secure mobile device management and encryption technologies across the whole team.
4
Flexible, transparent pricing
We offer outline pricing at enquiry stage so you can assess fit before committing, and work with mixed-setting models to keep costs within study budgets.
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They were very quick to respond, simple to deal with, and offered a pleasant and reliable clinical experience. I have spent my entire career working in nursing and would highly recommend them.
— Clinical trial participant feedback
CQC registered provider For all treatment-involving trials, Home Trial Care is registered with the Care Quality Commission (cqc.org.uk), ensuring regulatory oversight of all clinical activities.

From enquiry to first patient, fast.

Our streamlined onboarding gets your decentralised element operational without adding to your project management burden.

1

Initial discussion

Tell us about your protocol, patient population, and geography. We'll assess feasibility and propose the right service mix.

2

Feasibility & costing

We provide outline pricing and a feasibility assessment. Transparent, early-stage — so you can plan confidently.

3

Study setup

Team training, bespoke SOP development, system access, and logistics planning. We work to your timelines.

4

Activation

First participant visit. Ongoing monitoring, backup cover, and responsive operational support throughout the study.

Our fastest study activated 2 weeks from contract signing. Speak to our team about your timeline.

Primary Care Research Alliance network

Home Trial Care has partnered with member practices of the Primary Care Research Alliance (PCRA) to extend our UK-wide decentralised trial delivery — bringing together GP-led research expertise, community nursing, and mobile research infrastructure under one contract.

PCRA member practices are experienced GP-led research sites. Those within our network bring something unique: their own fully equipped mobile research vans and trained research nursing teams, operating as contractors to Home Trial Care.

This means a sponsor or CRO engaging Home Trial Care gains access to a genuinely distributed, primary care-rooted delivery network — with the nursing, the vehicles, and the local patient relationships all coming from within primary care itself. You engage one organisation. The infrastructure spans the country.

How it works
1
Sponsor / CRO engages Home Trial Care
One contract, one point of contact, one accountable organisation for your decentralised trial delivery.
2
Home Trial Care deploys PCRA contractor partners
We match the study to appropriately located and trained PCRA member practices, who operate as contractors under our governance and quality frameworks.
3
PCRA partners deliver — nursing, vans and all
Each PCRA contractor brings their own research nurses and mobile research unit. The vans and the clinical teams are theirs — embedded in their local primary care community.
What PCRA contractor partners bring
Mobile research vans
Owned and operated by PCRA members
Research nursing teams
GP-led, GCP-trained, community-based
Local patient access
Established practice-population relationships
UK-wide geography
Regional coverage across England, Scotland & Wales
Home Trial Care holds the contract and provides the governance framework. PCRA member practices operate as vetted contractors — the vans and the nursing are theirs, not ours.

Genuinely community-based

PCRA members are working GP practices. Their research nurses are community clinicians. Their vans are already in the communities where your participants live — this is not a logistics exercise, it is embedded primary care.

One contract, one team

You do not manage individual GP practices or van operators. Home Trial Care is your single contracting and accountable body. We handle partner selection, governance, training sign-off, and operational oversight across the network.

Faster, broader reach

Because the PCRA network already exists and its members are already operational, studies can activate across multiple regions simultaneously — without the lead time of building a network from scratch.

Are you a PCRA member with a research van?

If you are a primary care practice with a mobile research unit and trained nursing team, we'd like to talk about joining the Home Trial Care contractor network.

Express interest as a partner → About the PCRA →

Ready to decentralise?

Whether you're at protocol stage or already recruiting, our team can mobilise quickly. Let's discuss your study.

Email
info@hometrialcare.uk
Phone
01903 331828

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