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On the front line and behind the scenes incredible research teams collectively work on health and social care research. The R&D community is innovative, flexible and dynamic. Research doesn’t just happen though, people make it happen – research participants, patients, professionals, volunteers and regulatory bodies all collectively working together.
In collaboration with the health and care sectors and voluntary organisations the R&D community has achieved a phenomenal amount. It has
- improved patient outcomes
- developed and delivered COVID-19 vaccines at an unprecedented speed
- provided rapid diagnostics for community settings
- evaluated a range of novel and repurposed therapeutics demonstrating that large platform trials are feasible
- undertaken rapid evidence appraisals
- changed clinical management, policies and guidelines
- established rapid ethical review processes
- streamlined and aligned regulatory approval processes
- advanced the international research agenda
- enhanced capacity building
- provided real-time visualization of data to inform decision making
- reduced research waste through coordinated research activity and data sharing
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