{"id":1341,"date":"2015-07-07T10:01:54","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T10:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2015-07-07T10:01:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T10:01:54","slug":"crf-featurers-in-the-econimist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2015\/07\/07\/crf-featurers-in-the-econimist\/","title":{"rendered":"CRF featurers in The Econimist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2015\/07\/07\/crf-featurers-in-the-econimist\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Clinical research fellow Mr Matthew Prime features in this weeks Economist magazine on an article entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/britain\/21656715-many-bright-inventions-come-out-nhs-too-few-are-exploited-doctorpreneurs\">&#8220;Doctorpreneurs&#8221;<\/a>, which focuses on how many bright inventions come out of the NHS but too few are exploited.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Although in theory the NHS is keen to exploit innovation, in practice the path is often blocked. 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