The Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast (ARC NWC) consists of health and social care providers, NHS commissioners, local authorities, universities, public advisers, the Innovation Agency (Academic Health Science Network), working together to learn more about these health inequalities, and overcome the barriers around translating these discoveries in health research into practice which improves lives.

NIHR’s investment, combined with significant matched resources pledged by partners, will grow infrastructure to support a varied portfolio of projects across each theme to support our aims.

Members of ARC NWC:

•Edge Hill University
•Lancaster University
•Liverpool John Moores University
•University of Central Lancashire
•University of Liverpool
•Blackburn with Darwen BC
•Blackpool BC
•Cheshire West and Chester Council
•Cumberland Council
•Westmorland and Furness Council
•Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
•Lancashire County Council
•Lancaster City Council
•Liverpool City Council
•Sefton Council
•Warrington Borough Council
•Halton Borough Council
•Cheshire and Merseyside ICB
•NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB
•Vauxhall Primary Health Care (on behalf of Central Liverpool Primary Care Network)
•East Lancashire Alliance
•Marine Lake Medical Practice
•Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 
•Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
•Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
•Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
•East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
•Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
•University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
•Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
•Wirral Community NHS Trust
•Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
•Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
•Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
•Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
•Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust 
•The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
•Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
•Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
•Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
•Health Innovation North West Coast
•North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
•Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust
•Public Health England
•Liverpool House of Memories (National Museums Liverpool)
•North West Cancer Research
•Spring North
•Alzheimer’s Society
•The Brain Charity
•Randomlight Ltd
•Northern Health Science Alliance NHSA
•LifeStory Network (tide)
•Healthwatch Blackburn with Darwen
•Liverpool Health Partners
•Active Lancashire
•Queen Square Medical Practice
•Royal College of Physicians (North)
•Me2uCentre
•Community Integrated Care
•BoingBoing Foundation