NHS research partnerships unveiled

According to the Department of Health, the National Institute for Health Research Collaborations (NIHR) for Health Research and Care in Nottinghamshire and in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough will receive a total of £18 million in funding.

The NIHR Collaborations for Health Research and Care represent an exciting and innovative partnership between universities and the NHS

Professor Sally C Davies

Director General of Research and Development

Department of Health

The projects will look into conditions such as depression, dementia, strokes and childhood obesity to identify improvements which can be made in clinical care and will complement the other seven collaborations established earlier in the year.

Professor Sally C Davies, Director General of Research and Development at the Department of Health, commented: "The NIHR Collaborations for Health Research and Care represent an exciting and innovative partnership between universities and the NHS.”

They will undertake high quality applied health research and develop new ways of translating research findings into improved outcomes for patients.

Projects to be carried out by the Nottinghamshire NIRC will include ways to improve NHS clinical practice in stroke rehabilitation and delivery of local services to people with serious mental illness and personality disorders.

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough collaboration will look at ways to support mental health in the older population and address the needs of people with developmental conditions.

Earlier in the year, seven collaborations in areas including the West Midlands, Leeds and Manchester granted a total of £63 million to develop advances in care for patients.