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Background

• Foreword by Ben Goldacre
• Foreword by Nick Ross
• Why Testing Treatments was written
• Introduction

Why are fair tests of treatments needed?

• New-but is it better?
• Hoped-for effects that don’t materialize
• More is not necessarily better
• Earlier is not necessarily better
• Dealing with uncertainty about the effects of treatments

What are fair tests of treatments?

• Fair tests of treatments
• Taking account of the play of chance
• Assessing all the relevant, reliable evidence

What can be done to improve tests of treatments?

• Regulating tests of treatments: help or hindrance?
• Research – good, bad, and unnecessary
• Getting the right research done is everybody’s business
• So what makes for better healthcare?
• Research for the right reasons: blueprint for a better future