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An academic health science(s) centre (AHSC; also known as an academic health science(s) system, an academic health science(s) partnership or an academic medical centre) is a partnership between one or more universities and healthcare providers focusing on research, clinical services, education and training.[1] AHSCs are intended to ensure that medical research breakthroughs lead to direct clinical benefits for patients.[1] The organisational structures that comprise an AHSC can take a variety of forms, ranging from simple partnerships to, less frequently, fully integrated organisations with a single management board.[1]
There are currently AHSCs in operation in Canada, the Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.[2]
In 2007 a review of healthcare in London led by Professor Lord Darzi, A Framework for Action, recommended the creation of a number of AHSCs.[2][3] In October 2007 Imperial College Healthcare became the first AHSC to be established in the UK when the Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine merged with the Hammersmith Hospital and St Mary's NHS trusts.[3] Four more AHSCs have subsequently been established in the UK and one is planned.[3]
The following AHSCs are currently in operation in the UK:[4][5][6]
AHSCs currently in operation in the United States include:
AHSCs currently in operation in the rest of the world include:
Ontario, Quebec City, Quebec, Ottawa, Aboriginal peoples in Canada
Amsterdam, Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, European Union
Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, United Kingdom
Swedish language, European Union, Finland, Denmark, Lithuania
Houston, METRORail, Rice University, Houston Museum District, United States
United Kingdom, University College London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Ophthalmology
United Kingdom, University of Cambridge, Academic health science centre, Downing College, Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
United Kingdom, Scotland, NHS Scotland, Academic health science centre, Clinical medicine
King's College London, Imperial College London, University of London, Russell Group, Bloomsbury
University College London, UCL Partners, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, City University London, Great Ormond Street Hospital