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Secondary Prevention After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Findings of a National Randomized Controlled Trial and Sustained Society-Led Incorporation Into Practice -- Williams et al., 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.981068 -- Circulation
Until relatively recently, reporting of outcomes (especially in cardiac surgery) was perceived as being the key towards quality improvement. The past 6 to 12 months has seen a shift towards ensuring that the

DEATH OF BRITISH MEDICAL RESEARCH

As principal investigator of 2 multicentre international studies in my hospital, I am obliged to do an online course that consists of 6 two hour sessions.  I suspect that the Trust pays a lot of money to the company Epigeum for the licence . The course is called Good Clinical Practice and outlines the rules and arrangements that have to be in place in the UK, before a research project is allowed to take place.  The list is long and bewildering .