TY - JOUR T1 - Research 2021: never the same again JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - e187 LP - e187 DO - 10.7861/fhj.ed.8.2.2 VL - 8 IS - 2 AU - Cheng-Hock Toh AU - Paul Stewart Y1 - 2021/07/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/2/e187.abstract N2 - This issue of the Future Healthcare Journal (FHJ) focuses on some of the future research considerations as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. In a collection of excellent contributions jointly commissioned by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and The Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS), we will see how the sector pushes for the best research to benefit patients and the public. As the world seeks to learn lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, the exemplary research from the UK makes this FHJ issue of timely importance.For too long, research has been viewed and increasingly operationalised as being separate from clinical care despite being a key principle of the NHS.1 Often viewed as an ‘activity if time and cost permit', research has increasingly had a narrowing geographical focus rather than … ER -