Best research

doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.247

BMJ 2006;332:247-248 (4 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.247

Editorial

Best research

The new UK medical research strategy helps industry, but willit improve health?

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Best Research for Best Health, the UK Department of Health'sresearch strategy launched last week, sets a new direction forthe funding and organisation of clinical research across theNHS and its associated university medical schools in England.¹The strategy's goals include making the NHS an internationallyrecognised centre of excellence for research and developmentwith stronger and more streamlined governance and developingthe clinical research work-force. Its two most notable features,detailed in the 16 accompanying implementation plans, are theproposal to centralise funding and the plan to control researchthrough the establishment of a National Institute for HealthResearch (NIHR) and a new clinical research network for England.

Described in the document as a virtual entity, NIHR will providethe central framework for four areas of management of research:governance, staff, facilities, and infrastructure. The initialbudget for NIHR will comprise all the existing budget for . . . [Full text of this article]

Allyson M Pollock, professor and director

Centre for International Public Health Policy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
(allyson.pollock@ed.ac.uk)

Nick McNally, assistant director, Sue Kerrison, assistant director

Research and Development Directorate, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London W1P 4LL

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