UCL Partners

UCLPartners
The UCLPartners logo
Geography
Location	London, England
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Hospital type	Academic Health Science Centre Academic Health Science Network
History
Founded	2009
Links
Website	http://www.uclpartners.com
Lists	Hospitals in England

UCLPartners is an academic health science partnership located in London, England with over 40 higher education and NHS members. It is the largest academic health science partnership in the world, and together with its member organisations, forms a major centre of medical discovery, healthcare innovation and education. The partners come together to improve health outcomes and create wealth for a population of over six million people in north east and north central London, south and west Hertfordshire, south Bedfordshire and south west and mid Essex.

UCLPartners brings together over 100,000 health professionals and academics from hospital and university member organisations and more to work in partnership and further collaborate with patient groups, commissioners, primary care, community care, the third sector, government and industry on a portfolio of health programmes.^[1]

Designations

UCLPartners is unique because it facilitates the improvement of healthcare through a range of clinical and academic designated roles:

It is aligned with:

UCLPartners is the only academic health science partnership in the United Kingdom to align these NHS and Department of Health designated roles under one umbrella.^[1]

History

Moorfields Eye Hospital

2007

The Government recommended the establishment of a number of academic health science centres in the UK.^[2]

2008

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust (now Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust), UCL and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust announced intention to form UCLPartners.^[3]

2009

Professor Sir Cyril Chantler appointed as first Chair of UCLPartners.^[4]
UCLPartners officially designated as one of the UK’s first AHSCs by the UK Department of Health.^[5]
Professor Sir David Fish appointed as Managing Director.^[6]
Alliance formed between UCL, UCLPartners, Yale University and Yale-New Haven Hospital.^[7]

2013

UCLPartners officially designated as an AHSN.^[8]
NIHR CLAHRC North Thames established.^[9]

2014

UCLPartners redesignated as an AHSC.^[10]
NIHR CRN established.^[11]

Organisation

The governing body of UCLPartners is UCL Partners Ltd, a company limited by guaranteed. The governance arrangements consist of:^[12]

A board led by an independent chair (currently Rt Hon Professor Lord Kakkar, PC).
An executive group comprising the chief executives of trusts, representatives of universities and other relevant bodies.
Internationally renowned clinical academics to direct programmes for research, service delivery and education.

Areas of focus

Great Ormond Street Hospital

UCLPartners works across its designations in a range of areas, including:

Cancer
Cardiovascular
Children, young people and maternal health
Eyes and vision
Infection, immunity and inflammation
Neuroscience
Mental health
Co-morbidities/complex care
Quality and value
Innovation
Informatics
Wealth creation
Education
Patient insight and involvement

UCLPartners is also involved in:

References

1 2 "Who we are". www.uclpartners.com. UCLPartners. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
↑ "Healthcare for London: a framework for action" (PDF). NHS London. 11 July 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
↑ "Europe’s largest academic health science partnership created in London". www.ucl.ac.uk. UCL. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
↑ "Professor Sir Cyril Chantler appointed Chair of UCLPartners". www.ucl.ac.uk. UCL. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
↑ "UCLPartners is one of UK’s first Academic Health Science Centres". www.ucl.ac.uk. UCL. 9 March 2009.
↑ "UCLPartners: managing director and programme directors appointed". www.ucl.ac.uk. UCL. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
↑ "UCLPartners and Yale unite to improve global health". www.ucl.ac.uk. UCL. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
↑ "NHS England OKs 15 Academic Health Science Networks". www.pharmatimes.com. PharmaTimes. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
↑ "NIHR CLAHRC North Thames". www.uclpartners.com. UCLPartners. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
↑ "Top NHS and university alliances recognised by Department of Health". www.gov.uk. Department of Health. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
↑ "NIHR Clinical Research Network North Thames". www.uclpartners.com. UCLPartners. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
↑ "Our Board". www.uclpartners.com. UCLPartners. Retrieved 5 March 2015.

External links

University College London

Academics

Faculties, schools & groupings	Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Slade School of Fine Art) Faculty of Brain Sciences Faculty of the Built Environment (The Bartlett) Faculty of Engineering Sciences School of Energy and Resources School of Management Faculty of Laws Faculty of Life Sciences School of Pharmacy Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Faculty of Medical Sciences Medical School Faculty of Population Health Sciences Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences School of Slavonic and East European Studies Institute of Education Neuroscience

Centres & departments	Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis Centre for Digital Humanities Centre for the History of Medicine Centre for Neuroimaging The Constitution Unit Department of Information Studies Department of Science and Technology Studies Department of Space and Climate Physics EPPI-Centre London Centre for Nanotechnology London Knowledge Lab Slade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art Urban Laboratory

Institutes & laboratories	Ear Institute Eastman Dental Institute Institute of Archaeology Institute of Child Health Institute for Global Health Institute of Jewish Studies Institute of Neurology Institute of Ophthalmology Institute of Security and Crime Science Pedestrian Accessibility and Movement Environment Laboratory

Other	Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology Grote Chair of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic Pender Chair Papers from the Institute of Archaeology Public Archaeology Quain Professor Slade Professor of Fine Art UCL Jurisprudence Review Transcribe Bentham

University

Campus	Bloomsbury Bloomsbury Theatre Church of Christ the King Euston Road Gordon Square Gower Street Gray's Inn Road Halls of residence Holmbury St Mary Main Building Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Queen Square Somers Town Tavistock Square Tottenham Court Road University of London Observatory Woburn Square

People	Academics List of notable people List of Nobel laureates Jeremy Bentham Michael Arthur (Provost)

Student life	UCL Boat Club The Cheese Grater Law Society University College Opera Pi Magazine Rare FM Royal Free and University College Medical School Boat Club Royal Free, University College and Middlesex Medical Students RFC UCL Union Student Central

Other	Citrus Saturday UCL Business Filming at UCL History Rivalry with King's College London Third-oldest university in England

Affiliates

Medical	Francis Crick Institute Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust Great Ormond Street Hospital Moorfields Eye Hospital Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust The Royal Free Hospital Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital UCLH/UCL Biomedical Research Centre UCL Partners University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Eastman Dental Hospital Hospital for Tropical Diseases National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre University College Hospital University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street Whittington Hospital

Other	Alan Turing Institute Anna Freud Centre Association of Commonwealth Universities European Network for Training Economic Research G5 Golden triangle Institute of Advanced Legal Studies League of European Research Universities Russell Group Thomas Young Centre UCL Academy University College School University of London Yale UCL Collaborative

Category
Commons

Academic health science centres in the United Kingdom

Healthcare in the United Kingdom

Cambridge University Health Partners Health Science Scotland Imperial College Healthcare King's Health Partners Manchester Academic Health Science Centre UCL Partners

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