Advancing and promoting anaesthesia research is one of the College’s four core charitable aims, and this issue of the Bulletin offers a snapshot of how we are delivering on that commitment. 

As you know, translating evidence into meaningful improvement in clinical practice can be just as challenging as getting a research project off the ground. That’s why dissemination is a crucial part of our research agenda. Our message needs to be understood by those who can act upon it.  

Tracking a direct line from research findings to their impact on clinical practice can be difficult, but those connections are there. Forgive me for sharing an anecdote in an issue focused on evidence, but as I write this, I’ve just been reading NHS England’s Urgent and Emergency Care Plan, and a couple of things jumped out.