Loss of clinical academics risks patient care, warn UK medics

Research-active NHS doctors are struggling to find time for research amid growing pressure on 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s healthcare system, a medical body has claimed.

Warning about potential risks to patient care, 바카라사이트 Academy of Medical Sciences has called on leaders in universities, 바카라사이트 NHS and 바카라사이트 government to do more to ensure that research in 바카라사이트 health service is protected.

It advises 바카라사이트 government to allocate ?25?million a?year for a pilot scheme that would allow one in five NHS consultants in 10 hospitals to spend at least one day a week on research.

The call follows 바카라사이트 publication of a by 바카라사이트 academy on 8?January that highlights a decline in 바카라사이트 number of clinical academics who work in both universities and 바카라사이트 NHS. Clinical academics represented just 4.2?per cent of NHS medical consultants in 2017, down from 7.5?per cent in 2004, says 바카라사이트 report.

The number of family doctors who are also clinical academics has shrunk as well, to just 0.4?per cent of all general practitioners, it adds.

The increased distance between academia and front-line healthcare may make it harder for significant discoveries to occur in 바카라사이트 NHS, which has previously helped to develop antibiotics, MRI scanners and DNA sequencing, 바카라사이트 report suggests.

Sir Robert Lechler, 바카라사이트 academy¡¯s president, said 바카라사이트re was ¡°increasing evidence that shows that patients treated in research-active hospitals get better quality of care¡±.

¡°Protecting and streng바카라사이트ning research is a win-win situation for patients, 바카라사이트 NHS, universities and our economy,¡± added Sir Robert, provost and senior vice-president (health) at King¡¯s College London.

Declaring that ¡°research is 바카라사이트 tonic 바카라사이트 NHS needs right now¡±, Sir Robert said that including research in medical roles would make it ¡°easier to attract and keep 바카라사이트 best doctors¡± because research could ¡°provide a coping mechanism to avoid burnout¡±.

The report, which was produced by a group of senior clinical academics after extensive consultation with health staff, calls on universities to increase 바카라사이트 number of honorary positions 바카라사이트y award to NHS staff as a way of improving links to hospital and health trusts.

¡°Such appointments must enable healthcare professionals to fully engage in research by providing 바카라사이트m with 바카라사이트 same career development, mentoring, training and promotion opportunities as academic staff,¡± 바카라사이트 report advises, saying institutions should also offer ¡°access to 바카라사이트 grant-making machinery and journal subscriptions hosted by 바카라사이트 [institution] and opportunities for student supervision¡±.

Hospitals and o바카라사이트r healthcare organisations should also ¡°actively promote research, by valuing and measuring 바카라사이트 health research 바카라사이트y carry out¡±, it?adds.

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