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Brunel partnership centre launched
The Brunel Partners Academic Centre for Health Sciences, a new partnership between Brunel University London, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Central and North West London (CNWL) NHS Foundation Trust, has officially launched.
The new centre, funded by the three partners, aims to revolutionise the way health and social care is delivered to meet the changing needs of society.
It will bring about this transformation in Hillingdon by providing the perfect setting for research and developing new methods of healthcare delivery across allied health, nursing, social care and medicine.
The activity of the centre is to be driven by five distinct areas, namely: research and innovation, educating the workforce, outcomes-based care, quality improvement, and digital health.
Jessica Corner, University of Nottingham’s pro vice-chancellor for research and knowledge exchange, said: “We are moving away from what the NHS was set up for, which was to deliver in a supply model, to one where customers want to see it designed around them, exercising their own choice.”
Shane DeGaris, trust chief executive, said: “The timing around starting this centre couldn’t be better.
“It’s pretty universally accepted that addressing the NHS’s challenges will require us to work very differently from the way we do now, and to embrace new innovations. And far greater collaboration is going to be needed across various partners. It is no longer acceptable to work in siloes in our systems.
“This is why my board and the trust are delighted to be involved in this partnership, and we believe this will provide a fantastic platform to improve the healthcare and experience of the patients we serve in Hillingdon and beyond.”
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