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Welcome to the NIHR
Peter Knight, Deputy DirectorResearch Contracting, Information Intelligence and Stakeholder Engagement
NIHR Trainees Meeting
Leeds
10 November 2014
• improve health outcomes through advances in research
• improve quality of care by NHS participation in the research process
•strengthen International competitive position in science
•drive economic growth through investment by life science industries
Why is the Government committed to Research in the NHS?
The UK’s relative share of world outputs-2010
The UK’s citation impact- 2010
The UK’s global R&D impact on health related fields
Established 2006 as a vehicle for implementing the Government’s strategy for applied health research
National Institute for Health Research
Strategic AimTo improve the health and wealth of the nation through research
What is NIHR and what does it do?
• The NIHR is the largest funder of clinical research in the country: Wellcome £746m; MRC £767m; NIHR about £1bn
• It supports clinical and applied health & social care research to improve health, well-being and prosperity
• It is internationally recognised as the model for organising a health research system
National Institute for Health Research
• Between Government, Charity and Industry• Between NHS and University• Between research leaders and research facilitators• Between different health care professions• Between different research disciplines• Between researchers and patients
A Health Research System
Partnership
An integrated health research system
• The different parts of the health system support each other
• Basic science relies on NIHR funding for pull through to patient benefit
• Anchoring industry depends on NIHR-funded infrastructure
• Research charities depend on the NIHR Clinical Research Network
• The NIHR addresses failure of ‘the market’ to meet nation’s research needs
• Works closely with other research funders e.g. through OSCHR
• Wider collaboration - £50m/yr for Genomics England
MRC
Research spend 2009 / 2010
Analysis of spend by public funder
Basic research DH
Applied researchApplied research
Basic research
INVENTION EVALUATION ADOPTION
Creation•new things•new ideas•new techniques•new approaches
Assessment•new things•new ideas•new techniques•new approaches
Uptake•new things•new ideas•new techniques•new approaches
DIFFUSION
Spread•new things•new ideas•new techniques•new approaches
Basic Research Applied Research Commissioning Patient Care
• Better Quality• Better Value
NIHR NHS CommissionersMRC & Charities Providers of NHS
services
The Innovation Pathway
Infrastructure
Clinical Research Facilities, Centres
& Units
Clinical Research Networks
Research
Research Projects & Programmes
Research Management
Systems
Research Information
Systems
Systems
Patients&
Public
Universities
Investigators &Senior
InvestigatorsAssociates
Faculty
Trainees
Research Schools
NHS Trusts
NIHR Health Research System
What has the NIHR done so far?
• Radically increased number of clinical trials; 1300 new research studies via the NIHR Clinical Research Network
• Patients recruited more than doubled to over 0.6m• Highest proportion of cancer patients in the world taking part in
trials (1 in 6)• Helped establish research culture in the NHS: 100% of NHS Trusts
now delivering clinical research• Helped reverse the decline in numbers of clinical researchers• A world leader in PPI• The world’s first funder to publish comprehensive accounts of
commissioned research in the NIHR Journals Library and adopt a gold approach to publishing research findings
Looking ahead
The Government has invested heavily to make this country a unique location for big data and stratified medicine:
• NIHR Biomedical Research Centres and units• NIHR Translational Research Collaborations (TRCs) in dementia and rare diseases• NIHR Translational Research Partnerships• NIHR Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres• UK BioBank• NIHR Biosample Centre• MRC / NIHR Phenome Centre• NIHR CPRD and D-CRIS• NIHR Health Informatics Collaboration• NIHR Diagnostic Evidence Cooperatives• Genomics England Limited
Investigators &Senior
InvestigatorsAssociates
Faculty
Trainees
The community of people NIHR funds to train as health researchers, undertaking and supporting research:
“a vibrant community focused on research and innovation to improve the health and well-being of the nation”
• Open to all professions working in health and social care research
Clinical academic careers
Source: Medical Schools Council survey of staffing levels of medical Clinical Academics in UK medical schools (31 July 2013)
2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
Professor Reader/ Senior Lecturer
Lecturer Grand Total
FTE
NIHR Established
Clinical academic careers (women)
2004 20130%
13%
25%
38%
50%Dentistry
Professors Overall
2004 20130%
13%
25%
38%
50%
Medical
Professors Overall
Support for NIHR Trainees
• Schemes to support training for all professions at all levels:– From pre-doctoral (Masters, Academic Clinical Fellowships)– To PhD and post doctoral
• NIHR Research Professors• NIHR Leadership Programme• Mentoring support• Annual trainees meeting and training camps• Educational workshops throughout the year• Support and guidance provided by the Trainees
Coordinating Centre• Opportunities for peer-review and panel membership
• To develop individual leaders, build team capability and foster leadership in wider research community
• Roll out began early 2009• Three strands:
▪ senior research leaders (including one Medical Physicist)▪ development research leaders (including one NHS Pharmacist
and one Audiologist)▪ trainees (including one Medical Physicist)
• Unique approach - 18 months of personal development• Provided by Ashridge Business School, funded by NIHR• Successful evaluation of programme by RAND Europe• Having a real impact on NIHR
NIHR Leadership Development
NIHR Leadership Programme
Trainees are important to the NIHR
• A key part of the NIHR’s Faculty• You are joining a community of over 20,000 researchers, in the
NHS, public health, social care and universities• You are part of a family of over 2,000 research trainees • Helping to build our capacity and capability for more research in
health and social care• The research leaders of the future• We want to attract, develop and keep the very best researchers• NIHR believes in your abilities and potential• NIHR will support your development
What do you need to do? The 6 Cs
1. Capitalise on the opportunities that being part of NIHR offers - including this meeting
2. Collect a mentor
3. Connect – network; your future Colleagues may be in this room
4. Collaborate – health research benefits from different professionals and disciplines working together
5. Cultivate your career – this time is not just about learning to be an academic
Only 5 Cs?
And what do you need to do in Leeds?
• All of the above ...• This is a great opportunity to
discover things and meet people• NIHR organises this event each
year because it believes in your potential – improvements in health will depend on you.
And a 6th C: a bit of celebration is permitted
Check the NIHR website
http://www.nihr.ac.uk/our-faculty/opportunities-for-our-trainees.htm