Dr Sunil Nedungayil, associate medical director for the Healthy Ageing Programme at Northern Health Science Alliance, explains how he is using research to drive improvements in bone health for patients in the north of England.

Professor Shaji Sebastian is a consultant gastroenterologist and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) service lead clinician at Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust, and the gastroenterology specialty co-lead for the NIHR local clinical research network for Yorkshire and Humber. Here he outlines 

National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) have been created to ‘support applied health and care research that responds to, and meets, the needs of local populations and local health and care systems.’ So, how can RCP members use these unique collaboration

As a practising clinician, there are scores of questions that arise in a working week that we would like to know the answer to. Equally, there are as many things in our practice that we have learned and applied, which would be advantageous to share with our peers.

How can research be made accessible and meaningful to patients, carers and lay people?

Dr Pensée Wu is a senior lecturer at Keele University and honorary consultant obstetrician at University Hospital of North Midlands. Pensée tells us about the challenges of remaining research active after returning from maternity leave.  

Dr Chetan Mukhtyar is a consultant rheumatologist at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. In this article, he talks about the challenges of being research active in a full-time NHS job, and the one piece of advice he’d give to anyone looking to start a career in clinical research.

We respond to the government's announcement of additional funding for A&E departments.

Dr Elena Nikiphorou is a consultant rheumatologist at King’s College Hospital and an honorary/adjunct senior lecturer at King’s College London.

Jeff Neilson, research director at Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, and Gail Parsons, nurse research lead and deputy director of research, discuss the challenges of ensuring a strong research presence outside of a large teaching hospital setting.