Our goal is to support research of the very highest standard in order to deliver real benefits to the patient as safely and as quickly as possible. Reconstructive and Plastic surgery has always been a creative field of medicine. From the earliest days of Sir Harold Gilies and Sir Archibold McIndoe, it has been a specialty powered by innovative techniques and supported by first class academic and clinical research. The Healing Foundation continues that tradition. The charity's research priorities are set by an eminent and qualified Research Council and our established processes for the management of research are proven and robust. Our system for peer review is expert, independent and widely respected.