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The NIHR (originally named National Institute for Health Research) was created in April 2006 under the government's health research strategy, Best Research for Best Health. [7] This strategy outlined the direction that NIHR research and development should take. Its predecessor was the NHS Research & Development programme which was established ...
Along with the UK Cochrane Centre, the centre was originally created as part of the Information Systems Strategy of the NHS Research and Development Programme. The original aims of the centre were: To carry out and commission systematic reviews of research findings on the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of health care relevant to the NHS
An independent research organisation (IRO) is an independent research centre that is eligible to compete with universities for research grant funding from the seven research councils of the United Kingdom. The Arts and Humanities Research Council was able to grant IRO status to cultural and heritage organisations from 2006/7. [1]
The NHS also conducts research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). [5] Free healthcare at the point of use comes from the core principles at the founding of the National Health Service. The 1942 Beveridge cross-party report established the principles of the NHS which was implemented by the Labour government in 1948.
Rivett, G. C. The Development of the London Hospital System, 1823–1982 (first edition Kings Fund 1986) and second edition 1823–2013 via website www.nhshistory.net; Rivett, G. C. From Cradle to Grave, the history of the NHS 1948–1998. First Edition King's Fund 1998, and second edition 1948–2014 in two parts from website www.nhshistory.net.
Health Research Authority logo. The Health Research Authority (HRA) is an arm's length body of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in England. [1] The HRA exists to provide a unified national system for the governance of health research. The current chair of the HRA is Professor Sir Terence Stephenson, who succeeded Sir Jonathan ...
History of NHS Scotland; History of NHS Wales; History of Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland; Aneurin Bevan, Minister of Health, on the first day of the National Health Service, 5 July 1948 at Trafford General Hospital then known as Park Hospital, Davyhulme, near Manchester. The NHS was one of the first universal health care systems ...
The MRC is advised by a council which directs and oversees corporate policy and science strategy, ensures that the MRC is effectively managed, and makes policy and spending decisions. Council members are drawn from industry, academia, government and the NHS. Members are appointed by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial ...