ARC West’s funding ended on 31 March 2026. This site is an archive and is no longer updated.
Our applied health research aimed to provide equitable, appropriate, and sustainable health and care across the West. We worked on projects focused on healthier childhoods, mental health, public health and prevention, and integrated and optimal care.
Our researchers were based in four teams, focused on their expertise in research methodologies: behavioural and qualitative science, applied data science, evidence and health economics.
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) West works with its partner organisations to conduct applied health research and implement research evidence, to improve health and healthcare across the West of England.
We undertake applied health research projects, in collaboration with our partners and others in our region and nationally. The research we do must have a real world application and fall into one of our broad thematic areas of ‘improving the management of chronic diseases’ and ‘public health interventions and population health’.
