Sponsors & Partners

	Chief Scientist Office The Chief Scientist Office (part of the Scottish Executive Health Department) supports and promotes high quality research aimed at improving the services offered by NHSScotland, and the health of the people of Scotland. Website: http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/cso/
	Scottish Government Health Department The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. It is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport. Website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Home
	NHS Education Scotland NHS Education for Scotland (NES) exists to advance the knowledge and develop the skills of all NHS staff. We are the health service's very own training organisation, dedicated to ensuring that NHS staff teams are given the educational support to help them work together with maximum effectiveness for the benefit of patients. Website: http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/
	Scottish Funding Council The SFC is a Non-Departmental Public Body of the Scottish Government and was established formally on 3^rd October 2005 under the terms of the “Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005”. The Council replaced the former Scottish Further Education Funding Council (SFEFC) and the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC) and brought together funding and support for Scotland’s colleges and universities under one body. Website: http://www.sfc.ac.uk/
	Department of Health, England The Department of Health is structured and works to improve the quality and convenience of care provided by the NHS and social services. Website: http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
	NHS Tayside NHS Tayside provides primary care and secondary care services across Tayside with full supporting services to a population of approximately 400,000. A number of NHS Tayside services are provided in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations, and has close links and provides teaching facilities for the two Universities in Dundee. NHS Tayside has a workforce of approximately 14,000 and a budget of £562million. Website: http://www.nhstayside.scot.nhs.uk/
	NHS R&D The Department invests in research to support government objectives for public health, health services and social care, as well as contributing to the government science strategy. Website: http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/ResearchAndDevelopment/fs/en
	Wellcome Trust The Wellcome Trust is an independent charity funding research to improve human and animal health. Website: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/
	Economic and Social Research Council The ESRC has recently made ESRC Society Today available publicly, the culmination of a project conceived over two years ago, combining information from Regard, ESRC, and a variety of other data sources/sites to offer a unique new social sciences research resource. Website: http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/
	Medical Research Council The Medical Research Council (MRC) is a publicly-funded organisation dedicated to improving human health. It provides support for research across the entire spectrum of medical sciences, in universities and hospitals, in MRC's own units and institutes in the UK, and in MRC units in Africa. Website: http://www.mrc.ac.uk/index.htm