In June 2008 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College London published a document that describes the vision and mission of the academic health science centre (AHSC) and sets out its ambitions and objectives for the next ten years (PDF, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, free download):
• AHSC vision document (810KB)
• Summary of AHSC vision for patients (241KB)
• Summary of AHSC vision for staff and students (224KB)
In March 2009, the Department of Health designated the partnership between Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare Trust as an academic health science centre (AHSC). You can read the application document and presentation via the following links:
• AHSC application (117KB)
• AHSC application presentation (2.08MB)