As part of our week-long series on the crucial role that clinical research plays in the NHS Simon Constable FRCP, chief executive, Warrington & Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust talks about the benefits of clinical research on district general hospitals.

As part of our week-long series on the crucial role that clinical research plays in the NHS, Louise Shepherd CBE, chief executive, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital talks about how her hospital created a culture of research.

As part of our week-long series on the crucial role that clinical research plays in the NHS, Dr Matthew Brookes, consultant gastroenterologist at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust talks about the transformational effect that clinical research has had on his career.

As part of our week-long series on the crucial role that clinical research plays in the NHS, Professor Pratima Chowdary, professor and consultant of haematology at the Royal Free Haemophilia Centre, talks about the financial benefits of research for the NHS.

As part of our week-long series on the crucial role that clinical research plays in the NHS, Keith Wilson, patient research ambassador at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, writes about his personal experience of research.

The 2018 census of consultant physicians and higher specialty trainees, produced by the Medical Workforce Unit (MWU) at RCP on behalf of RCP London, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG), has been published.

Only 13% of senior doctors’ posts in England were made in rural parts of the country, according to a UK-wide census of doctors conducted by the Royal College of Physicians of London, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Research-active hospitals have improved outcomes for patients and many doctors regard research as an important part of their job and a very positive experience. 

There is growing momentum behind promoting a research-active NHS workforce following RCP’s statement, Delivering research for all.

Using case studies and feedback from physicians, the RCP has responded to the Senedd Public Accounts Committee inquiry into the management of follow up outpatients across Wales.