When worlds collide

doi:10.1186/1745-6215-10-108

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When worlds collide

Clive E Adams¹ and Mauricio Silva de Lima²

¹The Sir Colin Campbell Building, University of Nottingham Innovation Park, Triumph Road Nottingham, NG7 2TU, UK

²Eli Lilly UK and Ireland, Lilly House, Priestley Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 9NL, UK

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Trials 2009, 10:108doi:10.1186/1745-6215-10-108


Published:	27 November 2009

Abstract

The UK has a strong tradition of innovative evaluative health care research. There are, however, considerable forces impeding collaboration between clinicians, academics, patients and their advocates and industry. This paper argues that, if the UK is to regain a position at the forefront of clinical research into evaluation of care, some of these forces need to be overcome. Now, with explicit encouragement from funders within the UK's NHS, it is urgent that all parties discover better ways of working together so that more broad and meaningful research can be produced in a timely fashion.