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Surgical research in the UK and Ireland faces a less conducive climate due to target-driven healthcare, service pressures, and changes in postgraduate training.
Highlights the challenges and declining emphasis on surgical research in the UK and Ireland due to systemic healthcare and training changes.
The UK and Ireland have long held an international reputation for producing good quality surgical research. However, the climate in which clinical research is undertaken has changed considerably over the last few years. Healthcare has become heavily target driven and the pressures of service provision leave less time and fewer resources available to devote to research. Changes in postgraduate training mean that less emphasis is placed on the importance of research and current working patterns are less conducive to undertaking research.
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Wilson et al. (2012) conducted an editorial in Surgical research. Surgical research in the UK and Ireland faces a less conducive climate due to target-driven healthcare, service pressures, and changes in postgraduate training.
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