Academic medicine: time for reinvention

doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7430.49

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MRC aims to give NHS evidence from randomised clinical trials

Colin Blakemore, chief executive (colin.blakemore@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk),
Iain Chalmers, coordinator (ichalmers@jameslindlibrary.org)

Medical Research Council, London W1B 1AL
James Lind Initiative, Oxford OX2 7LG

EDITOR—The public in general and NHS patients in particular ought to benefit from advances in knowledge about prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and care. Important progress has been made in disseminating relevant information through the National Electronic Library for Health and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), but more investment in randomised clinical trials is needed to …