Q4 Factors affecting capacity—top consensus statements
| Median | Consensus % level | ||
| 4.2 | Effective communication is the golden thread, which ensures an organisation can work effectively. The lack of integration, communication and collaboration across hospital sites and departments impacts trial delivery. | Strongly agree (7) | 88 |
| 4.4 | Inadequate resources and facilities affect the capacity of research staff to conduct their jobs to the standards expected. | Strongly agree (7) | 88 |
| 4.3 | Inadequate staffing levels make it difficult for teams to meet the demands of current trials and to run as efficiently and effectively as possible. | Strongly agree (7) | 84 |
| 4.45 | Protocols, which are overly complicated, do not realistically work with hospital systems or have been written in such a way that they are hard to interpret impact capacity and efficiency. Studies with well-written protocols that consider the practicalities of trial delivery are much easier for sites to run. | Strongly agree (7) | 84 |
| 4.46 | The increasing complexity of new cancer trials and protocols can be challenging for sites to deliver and therefore detailed feasibility is essential, but the implications of running the study is not always apparent at the outset as frequent or unnecessary amendments can impact the capacity of the team as the study progresses. | Strongly agree (7) | 84 |