Committee Launches Enquiry into Clinical Academics in the NHS
Date: 29 November 2022
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee will explore the work of clinical academics in the NHS and the challenges they face post-COVID-19. The enquiry will seek to understand the pressures facing clinical academics and options to address them. The Committee will explore issues including:
- The benefits that clinical academics bring and whether these benefits are threatened by the increase in pressures placed on them
- The concerns of those who fund the research of clinical academics and what support they can offer
- The role the NHS, universities and the Government play in addressing the challenges faced by clinical academics
- The policies needed to support clinical academics
The Committee will be taking oral evidence in November and publish its conclusions and recommendations shortly afterwards. Angela Topping is attending this Committee on behalf of the NHS R&D Forum.