Science & innovation strategy

90 Pages·2001·4.4 MB·English

by  Great Britain. Department of Health

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Science and Innovation Strategy
September 2001
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE
Li Summary of Science and Innovation Strategy 3
2. Innovation and technology transfer 6
3. Supporting the science base in health and social care 16
4. Knowledge generation for health and social care Zl
a3 Knowledge management in policy and practice 31
6. Protecting and involving the public 37
if Departmental resources to deliver science & innovation 42
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Department of Health responsibilities
Role in science and innovatior
Science and innovation goals
Major science and innovation priorities
The Department of Health's responsibilitie* s
ia | The Department of Health has responsibility for promoting and protecting public
health, for the provision of health services and setting the policy for the delivery of social
care, and is responsible for the stewardship of £48 billion of public funds (in England in 2001
- 2002). It is currently engaged in a major programme to transform the health and social care
system to produce fairer, faster services that deliver better health and quality of life
and tackle inequalities. This is reflected in the Department's Public Service Agreement
targets. The programme to deliver these changes is set out in the NHS Plan, Our Healthier
Nation and Social Care White Papers. As well as driving policy and service priorities, this
programme also determines the Department's research priorities.
The Department's role in science and € innovation
Wwe Science and innovation are essential for modern health and social care services and
for the effective promotion of health and well-being. Advances in science and technology
have revolutionised modern medicine providing the antibiotics, vaccines and other
interventions that have helped improve the nation's health. The Department's responsibilities
inevitably mean that its role in relation to science is very wide. It includes:
- encouraging innovation;
sponsoring the healthcare industries;
contributing through the NHS to the infrastructure for medical research;
- investing in new research;
- helping to translate research into practice and practical application;
- using scientific evidence to inform policy-making and service delivery;
ensuring appropriate governance and ethical standards in health research; and
- regulating to protect patients.
Science and innovation goals
Be Science and technology are developing at an increasingly rapid rate. New
opportunities arising from the human genome project and advances in biotechnology together
with greater public expectations are increasing the opportunity and need for new investment.
At the same time there are new threats to health, e.g. Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, and public
attitudes to and confidence in science and medicine are changing significantly. The NHS
Plan commits the Government to ensuring that new technologies are harnessed and developed
in the interests of society as a whole and that they are available to all on the basis of need.
The challenge for the Department is to balance scientific opportunity with public safety and
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acceptability, and this is reflected in the Department's high level science and
innovation goals. ‘These are:
- to ensure that science and innovation lead to improved interventions
for health and social care;
- to ensure that we work with our partners to sustain and develop the
science base in health and social care;
- to ensure that policy and practice in health and social care are based
wherever possible on sound science and research;
and at the same time
to ensure that the rights, health, and safety of the public and patients
are protected and their interests reflected.
1.4 The strategies to achieve these goals are described in this paper. The paper
does not attempt to capture all the innovative developments being taken forward in
modernising the NHS and social care; rather it focuses on those which are science and
technology based.
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1.5 This paper identifies Departmental priorities for science and innovation over
the next five to ten years , the main ones of which are, for the first goal
- to develop a major research and development programme in genetics and
health;
- to implement measures to improve the competitiveness of the
pharmaceutical and other healthcare industries;
- to develop and implement a new strategy for technology development
and transfer;
- to develop a more strategic approach to promoting innovation in the
NHS;
- to harness new information and communication technologies to
improve services;
for the second goal
- to strengthen partnerships between NHS, industry, the universities, Research
Councils and other funders to promote synergy in the science base;
- to improve the research infrastructure in the NHS;
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- to introduce new arrangements for supporting science in the NHS;
- to deliver a research workforce capacity strategy for health and social care
research;
for the third goal
- to promote a more strategic approach to research investment by the Department,
the NHS and their partners and deliver the evidence base for the NHS Plan
ptiorities, including children, older people, cancer, coronary heart disease, mental
health and health inequalities;
- to ensure that the use of scientific advice in policy making follows best practice
and guidance from the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser;
- to provide the systems for better knowledge management in health and social
care, in particular the National electronic Library for Health;
for the fourth goal
to develop approaches to risk assessment in collaboration with other Government
departments;
to introduce and implement a Research Governance Framework for health and
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- to increase the involvement of consumers in the research and scientific advisory
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1.6 Details of these priorities are set out in the relevant chapters on the strategic
science and innovation goals.
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