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<p>The Department for Health and Social Care funds health research through the National
Institute for Health Research (NIHR). NIHR funds ‘needs-led’ applied research – it
aims to address issues that matter to the NHS and public health by identifying gaps
in knowledge, and funding research that provides high-quality evidence to fill such
gaps.</p><p> </p><p>In order to achieve this, NIHR undertakes activities to identify
needs, working closely with users of research evidence – those responsible for establishing
policy, commissioning services and delivering care.</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR Research
for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme funds regionally derived applied research projects
in health services and social care. The main purpose of the programme is to realise,
through evidence, the huge potential for improving, expanding and strengthening the
way that healthcare is delivered for patients, the public and the NHS through locally
generated priorities.</p><p> </p><p>In deciding which projects to support, we take
care to involve not only scientific reviewers and experienced researchers, but also
practitioners and service users. We also appoint public members to our Regional Advisory
Panels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK Research and Innovation, a partner organisation
of BEIS, funds medical research primarily through the Medical Research Council (MRC).
MRC welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health and
is committed to funding excellence. MRC recognises the value of information such as
local health profiles for identifying future research areas, but there is the need
to balance this against wider opportunities and allow for investigator-led proposals
to inform our priorities too.</p>
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