NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East Midlands

The NIHR is the nation's largest funder of health and care research and provides the people, facilities and technology that enables research to thrive. NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) support applied health and care research that responds to, and meets, the needs of local populations and local health and care systems.

The NIHR ARC East Midlands (ARC EM) is one of 15 ARCs across England, part of a £135 million investment by the NIHR to improve the health and care of patients and the public. 

Research is the cornerstone of health and social care, nothing should be brought into practice without a solid evidence base – a new intervention needs to be proven. On average it takes more than 17 years for best practice generated through research to reach frontline practice and be adopted, our aim is to significantly speed up this process.

ARC EM does this by testing and refining the learnings from research through collaborations. ARC EM is made up of local providers of NHS and care services, patient groups, commissioners, local authorities, universities, industry and charities.

These collaborations work together to conduct high quality, generalisable, applied health and care research that addresses the specific health or care issues in the East Midlands region, leading to the development of evidence-based frameworks, which drive up standards of care and saves time and money.

The vision of ARC EM is to help people live “healthier living for longer independently”

ARC EM is housed at the LDC and its director is Professor Kamlesh Khunti.

For more information please visit: www.arc-em.nihr.ac.uk