The Chief Scientist for Health in Scotland is Professor Andrew Morris who welcomes you to the site.
In 2015-6 CSO has a budget of almost £69 million to invest in NHS related research and support. Key activities for CSO are
- funding high quality research relevant to NHSScotland on the recommendation of the Research Advisory Committee. At any one time CSO is funding around 120 research projects
- supporting research in NHSScotland through the NRS (NHS Research Scotland) partnership
- contributing to funding of research awarded through the NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC)
- building and implementing a Health Research Strategy for NHSScotland
- promoting the dissemination and implementation of research findings
- encouraging strong research ethics appraisal and research governance
- supporting a number of research units across Scotland
- participating in a number of Scottish and UK-wide health research initiatives
- including public representation in our decision making processes
- responsibility for policy relating to Intellectual property arising from research in NHSScotland
CSO operates a Twitter feed (@CSO_Scotland) and our Twitter policy is available