TY - JOUR T1 - The Royal College of Physicians Simms Lecture, 6 December 2011: Clinical research networks and the benefits of intensive healthcare systems JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 446 LP - 452 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-5-446 VL - 12 IS - 5 AU - Peter Selby AU - Richard Kaplan AU - David Cameron AU - Matthew Cooper AU - Matthew Seymour Y1 - 2012/10/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/12/5/446.abstract N2 - Clinical research contributes to the evidence base for the planning of improved healthcare services and creates an excellent environment for the delivery of healthcare and the recruitment and retention of excellent and well-motivated staff. In this paper, we consider the evidence that a research-intensive healthcare system might yield improved outcomes as a result of the impact of the process of research on the provision of care. We review progress in establishing clinical research networks for cancer and the evidence of the impact of the conduct of clinical cancer research in the National Health Service. ER -