The Single Point of Access for Research and Knowledge (SPARK) is a joint research service which brings together the Liverpool Health Partners (LHP) NHS Trusts and Universities research support functions to facilitate and deliver high quality, world class health research.

SPARK has a dedicated research team that can provide support and guidance during the course of a research project. Consequently, SPARK’s unique collaboration and infrastructure provides a streamlined research support service and a ‘Single Point of Access’ for Industry and Researchers.

SPARK is based alongside the LHP offices at Liverpool Science Park, which is at the heart of Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter.

SPARK is a collaboration of eight NHS Trusts and four Higher Education Institutes (HEI) in the Liverpool City Region.

NHS Trusts

  • Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
  • Liverpool Heart and Chest Foundation Trust
  • Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
  • Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (including Aintree Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Dental Hospital & Royal Liverpool Hospital sites)
  • NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group
  • Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
  • The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
  • The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust.

HEIs

  • University of Liverpool
  • Liverpool John Moores University
  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
  • Edge Hill University.

  • A single point of access to an advanced, wide-spanning research collaborative
  • Collaborative NHS Trust and HEI research support team ensuring an efficient project management process
  • Streamlined processes and systems across LHP reducing duplication
  • Increase the attractiveness of Liverpool for research funders (public or commercial) or providers to do business
  • Foster greater consistency of approach to the notification, feasibility and set up of research
  • Enhance the city’s ability to deliver multi-site, multi-condition research
  • Aid collaboration with other institutions or systems both within, and outside of, Liverpool.

For more information, email: enquiries@lhpspark.nhs.uk or please visit the Liverpool Health Partners website.