What can be done to improve the experience of clinical trials for patients who participate? In this interview, recorded at the 2017 National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Conference, held in Liverpool, UK, Anne Croudass, Lead Research Nurse at Cancer Research UK (CRUK), London, UK , discusses the UK Roundtable event organized by CRUK and the NCRI back in January 2017. Attended by Clinical Research Nurses and Clinical Nurse Specialists, the aim of the event was to see how the experience for patients participating in clinical trials could be improved and what happens when they finish with their participation. Here, Anne discusses the importance of communication between nurses working within clinical trials to improve the patient experience.