The Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC; ) is an academic health science centre

Academic health science centre

An academic health science centre is a partnership between one or more universities and healthcare providers focusing on research, clinical services, education and training...

 based in Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. It is partnership, based on a federal model, between The University of Manchester and six NHS

National Health Service (England)

The National Health Service or NHS is the publicly funded healthcare system in England. It is both the largest and oldest single-payer healthcare system in the world. It is able to function in the way that it does because it is primarily funded through the general taxation system, similar to how...

 organisations in Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

. It was formally established in June 2008.

MAHSC intends to act as a focus point to develop an effective shared vision and strategy for health research in Greater Manchester. One of the partnership's main objectives is to develop a system for rapid dissemination and translation of research findings into routine public health practice, enabling research outputs to directly benefit the patients and residents of Greater Manchester.

Membership

Manchester Academic Health Science Centre comprises:

• The University of Manchester
  University of Manchester
  The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
  
  
• Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust
• The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
• Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust
• Salford Primary Care Trust
• Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
• University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust

Areas of research

Manchester Academic Health Science Centre is the first Academic Health Science Centre in the UK to cover the full spectrum of care:

• Acute care
  Acute care
  Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery...
  
  
• Specialist care
• Mental health care
• Primary care
  Primary care
  Primary care is the term for the health services by providers who act as the principal point of consultation for patients within a health care system...
  
  
• Commissioning care

External links

• www.mahsc.ac.uk, the website of Manchester Academic Health Science Centre