North West Hub

Hub Lead: Dr Richard Gater
Deputy Lead: Dr Vimal Sharma
Hub Manager: Moira Winters
Primary Care Lead: Prof Mark Gabbay
Social Care Lead: Dr Barbara Hatfield
Service User Development Officer: Tim Rawcliffe
Clinical Studies Officers: Dr Lisa Douglas (Assistant Hub manager); Vicky Bell; Polly Bidwell; Anita Davies, Laura Drage; Martin Witter; Maggie Lo; Caroline Mogan; Deela Monji, Heather Morrison;  Isabel Peters; Rebecca Rowles; Michelle Vey; Charlotte Walton; Steve Lankshear; Humera Hussain
e-Science Officer: Amandeep Singh
Secretary: Theresa Connelly

Consortium 
Clinical Sites: Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Central Manchester & Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust (CMMCUHT), Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Trust, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Mersey Care NHS Trust
Academic: University of Manchester and University of Liverpool

Hub Start Date: 1st April 2003
Population Covered: 3.45 million
For more information about the hub click here

Programmed for Success! Conference
The North West Hub of the Mental Health Research Network in collaboration with the North West Mental Health Research & Development Alliance held a conference entitled Programmed for Success! on 21st November 2008. One hundred and seventy six delegates packed into the Platinum Suite at the Reebok Stadium, representing 27 organisations including service users, carers and professionals from many disciplines of health and social care.

To read a report on the conference click here.
To read the conference presentations click here.

Hub Update
'Allocation of Flexibility & Sustainability Funding 2008/09 across the NW Hub of the MHRN' - Second Call.
Applications are invited under this new funding stream that has been introduced by the Department of Health to attract, develop and retain the research workforce necessary for delivering high quality health research for more information click here.

To view the results from the first call click here

Contact the Hub:
Moira Winters
Hub Manager
MHRN North West Hub
The LANTERN Centre
Vicarage Lane
Fulwood
Preston
Lancashire
PR2 8DY

Email: moira.winters@lancashirecare.nhs.uk
Tel: 01772 773515

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