The hub of innovation: Academic Health Science Centres.

摘要

For too long, university-based research in the UK has failed to translate into improved clinical practice. Health minister Ara Darzi has recognised that the situation must change by integrating research, clinical care, and education through close collaboration between universities and hospitals. Darzi envisages that this collaboration could take the form of Academic Health Science Centres (AHSCs), which have proved successful in the USA, Canada, and Sweden. AHSCs will be centres of excellence, capable of competing internationally, and making them highly attractive targets for research funding, clinical trials, and recruiting the best researchers and clinicians.