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Birmingham Health Partners

Birmingham Health Partners (BHP) is a cluster of contrasting, yet complementary organisations, sharing the common goal of achieving health and economic impact through the purposeful use of knowledge and expertise.

Click on the following link to open the Birmingham Health Partners website: www.birminghamhealthpartners.co.uk

NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West Midlands

The NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West Midlands is a five-year initiative (2019 – 2024) with a mission to create lasting and effective partnerships across health and social care organisations, and universities (Birmingham, Keele and Warwick), in order to improve care services across the West Midlands.

Click on the following link to access the dedicated website for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West Midlands: www.arc-wm.nihr.ac.uk

Birmingham Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre

The Birmingham Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC), jointly funded by Cancer Research UK and the National Institute for Health Research, is led by Professor Gary Middleton and has an international reputation for innovation in personalised medicine, with the development of novel, stratified studies driven in partnership with the CRUK Clinical Trials Unit.

Research is developed at UHB, with University of Birmingham providing academic leadership. Strengths of the ECMC include the National Lung Matrix Trial, the development of innovative immunotherapeutic strategies and experimental haematology studies. Most recently, the Bladder Cancer Centre has been launched, led by Birmingham’s Dr Rik Bryan working in collaboration with the universities of Oxford, Cardiff and Manchester.

Click on the following link to open the Birmingham Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) website: www.ecmcnetwork.org.uk/birmingham

Health Innovation West Midlands

Previously known as the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN), Health Innovation West Midlands (HIWM) leads and catalyses collaboration between academia, industry, health and care providers, commissioners, and citizens, to support continuous improvement of our region’s health and wealth. 

As part of the national Health Innovation Network, funded by NHS England, the HIWM seek out, test and accelerate the adoption and spread of innovative ideas and technologies with the potential to transform health and social care in the West Midlands and beyond.

Click on the following link to open the newly launched website for the Health Innovation West Midlands (HIWM): www.healthinnovationwestmidlands.org