Health research policy in England: past lessons, future directions
This seminar will explore the development of health research policy and strategy in England – asking how policymakers, research funders, academic institutions, commercial companies, and NHS organisations have contributed to and shaped health research policy in the past, and reflecting on the lessons for current and future directions in this area. It will draw on recent research on the development of the National Institute of Health Research since it was created in 2006, and on the longer history of health research from the 1960s onwards. The participants will be drawn from a range of stakeholder organisations, and numbers will be restricted to encourage a participative and open discussion.