We are holding a 3-hour in-person celebration event for Cubs who have successfully earned their Dementia Awareness Badge. There will be refreshments, opportunities for Cubs to share…

Cost keeps care out of reach for many people in England. Andy Burnham’s National Care Service could learn from how Germany, Norway and Sweden pay for it.

DataSHIELD Conference, Liverpool, 6–9 October at Hope Street Hotel. Talks, training and networking.

Tickets are now available for Voices That Matter: How Care Home Residents Strengthen Health Research at Online, Online on Wed 30 Sep 2026. Click the link for further information and to secure your tic...

How we design and plan the places where people live has a profound impact on public health and community wellbeing. From access to green space and opportunities for active travel to the quality of hou...

Connecting stroke research across the region: mapping strengths, synergies and gaps

PhD Opportunities The ARC NWC is committed to supporting the development of outstanding early career researchers, preparing them to conduct high-quality applied research that has the potential to deli...

The NIHR ARC North West Coast (ARC NWC) Women's Health Theme invites you to discuss research and priorities in maternity care.

Join us online for the NIHR ARC NWC meeting to boost workforce and systems resilience together!

A new University of Liverpool-led study has highlighted widespread fragmentation between health and social care services for people living with dementia and their unpaid carers across eight European c...

PhD Project - Increasing Diversity in Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) for Mental Health Research across the UK at Lancaster University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Explore the Fellowship program at CHI-Zone, focusing on person-centred innovation in complex long-term conditions, with expert-led sessions and collaborative opportunities.

Find out more about Living Lab models and how they can build capacity in the social care and research workforce!

As interest in nature-based approaches to health and wellbeing continues to grow, collaboration between academic researchers and practitioners has never been more critical. Through innovative research...

Liverpool's Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) has received positive feedback from the National Institute for Health and Care Research

By Coastal Community & Creative Health (CC&CH) project

In April 2026, we were delighted to be appointed as Public Contributor Champions for the Social Care Theme within NIHR ARC NWC. The Social Care Theme is made up of three tailored sub themes: Although we are still at the beginning of our journey, the experience has already been rewarding, inspiring, and full of opportunities ... Read more

Ricky Gervais and Chaka Khan join Alex Jones and Vernon Kaye on the sofa.

September 30, 2026 @ 13:00 - 14:00 - Group Co-Leads: Dr Ffion Curtis (Ffion.curtis@liverpool.ac.uk) & Dr James Hill (jehill1@lancashire.ac.uk)  The new EvEqDM Evidence Synthesis Group is launching thi...

For decades, evaluation of programmes or services has largely followed a familiar process. Organisations deliver a service or programme, and commission an organisation such as the Applied Research Col...

Just been reading about Health Innovation North West Coast - North West Coast Research and Innovation Showcase 2026 from the Health Innovation North West Coast at https://www.healthinnovationnwc.nhs.u...

Women’s Health Closing the gaps in healthcare and research. Our Women’s Health theme is working to identify and close inequalities in women’s healthcare through research and implementation of evidence...

Join us for our in-person regional meeting at the University of Liverpool!

As part of the Coastal Community & Creative Health project, partners have been working together to develop a new dashboard that brings together Blackpool’s health needs assessment data alongside a map...

ALIGN (Addressing Inequalities in Marginalised Groups in Maternity Care) is a multi-stakeholder group of maternity researchers, clinicians, practitioners, and PPI colleagues based in the North West re...

ARC NWC Fellowship Scheme We are pleased to open our call for ARC NWC Fellowship applications. These fellowships aim to enable researchers from any of our partner organisations, including our universi...

For qualified healthcare professionals Who can take part: Registered healthcare professionals (e.g., HCPC, GP Register, Society of Sports Therapists) who routinely assess and treat females with chroni...

By Professor Mark Gabbay, Director of ARC NWC “None of us is as smart as all of us.” – the words of Ken Blanchard, American author and business professional.  I like that quote as it’s fairly common f...

Join us for a series of engaging and interactive workshops designed to provide valuable support for individuals in carrying out an Equality Impact

The national newsletter from across all the NIHR ARCs. In this edition: The first major trial to reduce social media use among healthy adolescents, Continuous care from community-based midwives reduce...