Minister Launches new Health Research Strategy

Posted by: Julie Simpson - Posted on:

Jamie Hepburn launched the new Health Research Strategy at the 4th annual NRS conference in Glasgow on the 28th October 2015 . Delivering Innovation through Research sets out our ambition smallstrategyfor the next five years and how we can support Scotland to be recognised as a health Science nation on the international stage.

The strategy identifies four areas critical to our future success:

1. Efficient R&D support for Research

2. Partnership with Scottish Patients and Public

3. Targeted deployment of Resources

4. Investing in the Future

Each of these areas are critical to realising our national ambition. Working in collaboration with others is a theme that already applies across all these areas, and is one that we will build on as we deliver beneficial change over the next five years.

Mr Hepburn said ” We have made a lot of progress since the publication of the last strategy and we now aim to build on that success. The new strategy outlines how we will further streamline and simplify research governance processes.”