A line graph showing the total number of studies receiving a final REC (UK wide) opinion between 2018 and 2023.
On one axis is the number of studies, on the other is the year.
The blue line shows a gradual decline in the number of studies receiving a final REC (UK wide) opinion year on year between 2018 and 2022, before a very small increase in 2023.
The line starts in 2018 at 5,276, before dropping to 4,962 in 2019, 4,417 in 2020, 4,329 in 2021 and 4,047 in 2022 before rising slightly to 4,057 in 2023.