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Europe's largest academic health science partnership created in London

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Five of Britain's world renowned medical research centres and hospitals are coming together to create what will be Europe's leading health research powerhouse. The intention is to deliver real improvements in health for patients in London, and around the world.

Based in the capital, the new academic health science partnership – to be known as UCL Partners – will support over 3,500 scientists, senior researchers and consultants, with a combined annual turnover of around two billion.

By pooling resources and expertise, UCL Partners, which together treat over 1.5 million patients every year, will be able to produce more world-class research in key areas, including cancer and heart disease, and deliver the benefits more rapidly to patients.

UCL Partners will comprise:

• UCL (University College London), which is one of the world’s top 10 universities, and rated the best UK university for health research;
• Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust (GOSH), the world-class children’s research hospital, which has the broadest range of paediatric specialists under one roof anywhere in the UK;
• Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which, together with the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, is one of the world's leading partnerships for eye health;
• the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, whose clinical transplant unit is one of the most diverse in Europe and
• University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which together with UCL forms one of the largest partnerships for biomedical research in Europe.

UCL Partners, which became operational in September 2008 onwards, will focus initially on seven areas of excellence, each of which poses a major health challenge. Additionally, a further disease-based theme and two community initiatives are developing. To access these documents please use email contact form to request the password:

Child Health (View Theme PDF)
Women's Health (View Theme PDF)
Eyes and Vision (View Theme PDF)
Neurological Disorders(View Theme PDF)
Cardiovascular Disease (View Theme PDF)
Infectious Disease (View Theme PDF)
Immunology and Transplantation (View Theme PDF)
Cancer (developing theme)
Population Health (developing theme)
Mental Health (developing theme)

UCL Partners analytical programme is supported by the UCL Health Sciences Research Deanery.