New single fund for health research proposed
Summary
The Cooksey Review proposes a structure for funding health research, with the objective of obtaining maximum benefit and eliminating duplication of effort.
The Review found that the UK is at risk of failing to reap the full economic, health and social benefits of public investment in health research, with two key gaps in the translation of health research:
- Translating ideas from basic and clinical research into the development of new products and approaches to treatment of disease and illness
- Implementing those new products and approaches into clinical practice.
The Review identified cultural, institutional and financial barriers as the reason.
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The Review seeks to make recommendations that will increase the translation of research and development into health and economic benefit for the UK, both in the public and private sectors.
Recommendations include achieving better coordination of health research and more coherent funding arrangements to support translation by establishing an Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research (OSCHR).
