Strong infrastructure and world class clinical and academic expertise creates a vibrant research environment in Scotland with clinical research embedded within the NHS.

Scotland has a number of advantages over many other countries as a location for research and clinical trials:

● A single unified health system – NHS Scotland
● A stable population of c.5million with high incidence of complex disease
● Nationwide clinical research infrastructure
● Some of the best health data in the world with an informatics capability that exploits electronic patient records, linkable through a unique NHS patient identifier, enabling clinical trials, stratified medicine and genetic studies

In addition to these strengths, a strong ethos of partnership working between NHS, Academia and Industry continually enhances research, clinical and commercial opportunities in Scotland to ensure that Scotland remains an excellent single research site, while helping us face the challenges of chronic disease.