ARC NWL Objectives

Short Term Objectives

• Establish foundations for health improvement in NW London, building relationships, engaging diverse communities and establishing shared aims.

• Collaborate with partners to unlock the potential of health and social care data to improve health outcomes and NHS efficiency.

• Co-produce research to address identified problems and translate evidence into practice.

• Demonstrate initial improvements in priority areas, with economic evaluation.

• Build capacity for research, implementation and health improvement; including infrastructure for commissioned evaluations.

• Develop collaborations with other ARCs in areas such as unscheduled care, multi-morbidity, and prevention.

Medium Term Objectives

• Acting responsively to emerging system changes to identify further areas for co-produced research in priority areas.

• Demonstrate reproducible improvements in care quality and patient outcomes for priority areas.

• Demonstrate the economics of health improvement and implementation work, and propose how the efficiency and effectiveness of large-scale NHS transformations can be increased.

• Foster new career pathways that support the development of academic, practitioner and patient leaders for applied health research.

Long Term Objectives

• Demonstrate the real-world implementation of innovative practices adopted from industry, academic partners, or international exemplars.

• Demonstrate sustained improvements in health outcomes and reduction in health inequalities for priority areas and population groups.