The National Institute for Health Research
	Professor Dame Sally C. Davies, CMO & Chief Scientific Adviser

The goal of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is to create a health research system in which the NHS supports outstanding individuals, working in world class facilities, conducting leading edge research focused on the needs of patients and the public. The NHS reputation for international excellence is growing as it gains recognition for being the preferred host for collaborative and multi-centred research in the public interest in partnership with and for industry. This will benefit patients, society, the NHS and all our stakeholders.

The NIHR will work with key partners involved in the different elements of NHS research.

The NIHR is directed by Professor Dame Sally C. Davies, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Health (DH)..

An Advisory Board provides strategic advice on the direction, implementation and management of the NIHR.

The Institute manages its activities through four main work strands:

• NIHR Faculty: supporting the individuals carrying out and participating in research
• NIHR Research: commissioning and funding research
• NIHR Infrastructure: providing the facilities for a thriving research environment
• NIHR Systems: creating unified, streamlined and simple knowledge management systems

The NIHR is continuing to make excellent progress. The NIHR briefing documents set out the aims and the measures the NIHR has put in place to achieve its vision to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research.