A Porroche-Escudero,* J Popay, B Barr, S Mosedale, A Ring, G Sadler, G Simpson, P Wheeler. National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRC) North West Coast, UK/ Division of Health Research, Lancaster University, UK; National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR C...

Molecular Haematology, Division of Cancer Studies, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Haematological Medicine, King’s College Hospital National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Division of Health and Social Care, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, Guy’s a...

BACKGROUND Public health research is an important component of United Kingdom (UK) health research and strategic analysis of its breadth and balance is key to ensure value. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is one of the main funders of health research in the UK and includes many research programmes and schools. This study reports on public health research funded by the NIHR bet...

BACKGROUND It is vitally important that there is a connection between health research and clinical practice. Indications as to the impact of the research on evidence-based practice and policy can be obtained by tracking the use of outputs of health research, especially its use in clinical guidelines (CGs). This study aims to assess the proportion of National Institute for Health and Care Excell...

Support statement: This article presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Health Service, the NIHR or the Dept of Health. This work was partly funded through research collaborations with Chiesi Farmaceutici SPA. Additional funding was received from the Airway D...

The ambition of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship initiative to modernise the health system is impressive. Embedded researchers who work between academia and nonacademic settings offer an opportunity to reframe the problem of evidence uptake as a product of a gap between those who produce knowledge and those who use it. As such, there has been an ...

We are grateful to the many patients who contributed samples to these studies and to the National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (UK) for additional financial support and help in patient recruitment. D.H. is funded by Arthritis Research UK (Grant 19356). B.P.W. and J.J.P. are supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre and the N...

There are errors in the Funding section. The publisher apologizes for these errors. The correct funding information is as follows: Dr. Caroline Jolley is supported by a NIHR Academic Clinical Lectureship in Respiratory Medicine. Professor John Strang is supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at South London and Maudsley NHS Fo...

New health technologies require development and evaluation ahead of being incorporated into the patient care pathway. In light of the recent publication by Lehoux et al who discuss the role of entrepreneurs, investors and regulators in providing value to new health technologies, we summarise the processes involved in making new health technologies available for use in the United Kingdom.