Best research for best health : a new national health research strategy : the NHS contribution to health research in England

Professor Sally C Davies, Director of Research and Development at the Department of Health, says: "Our new health research strategy Best Research for Best Health sets out the direction that NHS research and development will take to ensure a vibrant, world-class environment for conducting and using NHS health research." Best Research for Best Health has been developed with input and support from other government departments and by talking with and formally consulting our many and diverse stakeholders. Our new strategy is designed to tackle the challenges we collectively identified and to put in place the changes that are essential to creating a health research system where the NHS supports outstanding individuals, working in world-class facilities, conducting leading-edge research focused on the needs of patients and the public."