Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre
Mersey Care and the University of Liverpool have teamed up to create the Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC). Our ground-breaking research facility based in Liverpool will impact directly on NHS mental health services.
The aim is simple, to improve mental healthcare for all patients and service users. We will do this by making Liverpool a world leader in better mental healthcare from research embedded in care.
We have been awarded £10.5 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the Office for Life Sciences to create a bold and ambitious ‘learning system’ where care is continuously improved the more treatments are used, studied and refined.
We are bringing together academic researchers, healthcare providers, service users and industry to develop and evaluate new treatments and deliver innovative services.
To achieve its aim, the Global Centre for Mental Health Inequalities brings together academics, clinical practitioners, patients, carers and wider public from all global regions and different research disciplines to advance research, learning, develop expertise, training, and engage and involve communities. Find out more.
Ashworth Research Centre (ARC) is a partnership between Ashworth Hospital, Mersey Care and the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). It is a forensic-clinical research unit based within Ashworth Hospital and the only dedicated academic research unit in the UK that is housed within a high secure mental health hospital. Find out more.
The Life Rooms offer courses and support services in Walton, South Liverpool, Southport, and Bootle to help people live the best way they can. It is committed to building an evidence base for their work and have an active research community involving staff and service users working side by side. Find out more.
