Vision and goals

Our vision is to be a leading centre nationally and globally for the uptake of innovative applied health research and education into healthcare.

We cannot achieve this individually, but can through this partnership. Our strategy is to:

1. assess unmet health need
2. build upon our integrated approach for research
3. implement research and innovation into practice
4. measure the results of what we do

Goals

Our goals are to:

• Deliver higher quality healthcare and health to the people of Greater Manchester and beyond
• Disseminate innovation in technology and care nationally and internationally
• Educate in all aspects of healthcare, healthcare management, and biomedicine
• Lead on workforce development
• Increase and enhance partnerships with the commercial sector
• Make a major contribution to innovation, enterprise and economic development in the city region and the North West of England
• Attract the best national and international health researchers and healthcare workers

Vision

Our vision will be achieved by:

• Alignment of service delivery with research and education
• Development of a multi-professional healthcare education that includes management
• Accelerated development of new treatments, technologies and health services targeted to unmet clinical need
• Introduction of a cultural step change in uptake of innovation across the organisation
• Improved healthcare provision leading to better health outcomes
• Improved responsiveness to the opportunities for individualised patient care
• Increased capacity in the NHS locally, nationally and beyond to plan and implement evidence-based changes to service delivery through e-Health implementation