Research Strategy - Investing in Research; Improving Health
In Scotland, our healthcare researchers have achieved an international recognition for the excellence of their science. Rapid advances in our understanding of diseases, their causes; treatments that cure or alleviate have largely been generated by their skills. Future progress must be as concerned with the afflictions that cause chronic morbidity as those leading to mortality. Investing in Research; Improving Health sets out the aims and ambitions we have to sustain and build upon current success. It is only by continuing to invest in our outstanding research talent that we can generate the sound evidence and exciting innovations upon which improvements to healthcare are based. The NHS has supported and conducted research throughout its existence and it is central to achieving these objectives. NHS boards are encouraged to give research the importance it deserves.