Health and Care Infrastructure Research and Innovation Centre

The Health and Care Infrastructure Research and Innovation Centre (HaCIRIC), is a relatively new collaboration between existing research centres at Imperial College London and the Universities of Loughborough, Reading and Salford that is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

It aims to build an internationally leading expertise and reputation for improving the built and technical infrastructure for health and social care by building on the good practices already widespread in the NHS. As such it is building strong research and industrial collaborations with partners from the construction and healthcare industry to support local PCTs (Primary Care Trusts), LIFTCos (Local Improvement Finance Trusts) and secondary and tertiary healthcare providers.

HaCIRIC Themes and the Universities working on them Link to information about HaCIRIC Link to information about Themes 1 and 7 Link to information about Themes 2 and 4 Link to information about Themes 5 and 6 Link to information about Theme 3
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HaCIRIC is engaged in seven research themes each of which comprises of a series of research projects bringing together the HaCIRIC partners, along with associated knowledge transfer and dissemination activities. Loughborough University is responsible for Theme 3: Innovation in Facility Design and Construction Processes. HaCIRIC is engaged in seven research themes each of which comprises of a series of research projects bringing together the HaCIRIC partners, along with associated knowledge transfer and dissemination activities. Loughborough University is responsible for Theme 3: Innovation in Facility Design and Construction Processes. Theme 3 research projects aim to deliver better design information and decision making and better healthcare outcomes through better value and high performance.

Loughborough University's co-director of the HaCIRIC research, Professor Andrew Price said "Loughborough University has been working closely with local industry, and indeed generating new business within the region for over 40 years. This new joint funding will allow wider collaboration within research, construction and local healthcare communities and provide great opportunities for innovation. It allows research centres like ours to work in a more applied way, directly capturing the good innovations that are happening on the ground and tackling the complex problems that go unaddressed".

Click here to view a flyer (PDF) summarising the project.