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Richard Stephens, chair, Consumer Liaison Group: There are many people being innovative in the NHS, it's just not often joined-up or publicised. Research is bringing innovation in terms of clinical practice as often, simply running studies produces changes in practice. The issue is adopting successful innovation as standard practice – that's the challenge.
Jonathan Sheffield, chief executive, NIHR: For me the debate is not just about speed of set up and delivery of results, it is also about adoption and spread of ideas across the NHS. Patients are missing out on the latest treatments if the NHS is slow to adopt the latest evidence of treatment improvements. While continuous quality improvement makes current healthcare more effective, the game changing improvements come from the evidence of research. Healthcare commissioners need to be increasingly aware of the evidence base as it grows in order to respond to the increasing pressures on the NHS. Research does not mean more cost, it means improved quality, better evidence and more effective treatments. Commissioners have to use that evidence to drive change and innovate the care and treatments they procure.
http://www.theguardian.com/healthca...pact-clinical-research-nhs-discussion-roundup
Jonathan Sheffield, chief executive, NIHR: For me the debate is not just about speed of set up and delivery of results, it is also about adoption and spread of ideas across the NHS. Patients are missing out on the latest treatments if the NHS is slow to adopt the latest evidence of treatment improvements. While continuous quality improvement makes current healthcare more effective, the game changing improvements come from the evidence of research. Healthcare commissioners need to be increasingly aware of the evidence base as it grows in order to respond to the increasing pressures on the NHS. Research does not mean more cost, it means improved quality, better evidence and more effective treatments. Commissioners have to use that evidence to drive change and innovate the care and treatments they procure.
http://www.theguardian.com/healthca...pact-clinical-research-nhs-discussion-roundup
