The UK has recorded one of the highest death rates associated with COVID-19 globally,
whether measured as deaths that are directly attributable to COVID-19 or by excess …

Public research funding agencies and research organisations are increasingly accountable
for the wider impacts of the research they support. While research impact assessment (RIA) …

Paediatric drug development faces several barriers. These include fragmentation of
stakeholders and inconsistent processes during the conduct of research. This review …

National governments spend significant amounts of money supporting public research.
However, in an era where the international economic climate has led to budget cuts …

Policy Points For complex reasons, the promise of “precision medicine” based on molecular
pathways remains unrealized for many conditions. Clinical practice guidelines (theoretically …

Background In 2006, the research and development (R&D) activity of England's national
healthcare system, the National Health Service, was reformed. A National Institute for Health …

The UK is one of the largest funders of health research in the world, but little is known about
how health funding is spent. Our study explores whether major UK public and charitable …

Aim To share our experience of implementing a programme of interventions aimed at
building research capacity and capability of nurses and allied health professionals in a …

In the early 2000s, clinical research in the UK was at a low ebb; most universities prioritised
basic biomedical research, training opportunities were limited and clinician-researchers …

Abstract Background The In the Trenches series of cutting-edge knowledge sharing events
on impact for front-line experts and practitioners provides an engagement platform for …