Researchers at Newcastle's NHS hospitals and Newcastle University have been given £23.1m to find ways of treating long-term health conditions like dementia that afflict us as we age.
The funding from the National Institute for Health Research will support five years of work at the Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) looking at how illnesses such as dementia, liver disease and poor mental health impact our ageing population. Though one of 20 BRCs around the UK, Newcastle's is the only one to focus on ageing - its leadership adds: "This is particularly important in the region, where health and ageing inequality is significantly higher than in the South."
The work will involve experts from Newcastle University, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust and the Cumbria Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust. The BRC is based at the Campus for Ageing and Vitality at the former Newcastle General Hospital site.
