King's Health Partners
King's Health Partners is an academic health science centre located in London, United Kingdom.[1][2] It comprises King's College London, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.[3]
King's Health Partners' member organisations have a combined annual turnover of around £3.7 billion, treat over 4.8 million patients each year, employ approximately 40,000 staff and teach nearly 30,000 students.[4] It forms one of the largest centres for healthcare education in Europe.[5]
History
The four partners announced their intention to form an academic health science centre in April 2008.[2][6] On 9 March 2009 the UK Department of Health announced that King's Health Partners would be one of six academic health science centres established in England.[7]
Research
King's Health Partners incorporates some Medical Research Council centres,[8] including the following:
- MRC-Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma
- MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology
- MRC Centre for Neurodegenerative Research
- MRC Centre for Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry
- MRC Centre for Transplantation
- MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health (awarded in 2009[9] in collaboration with Imperial College London)
- MRC National Institute for Medical Research (MRC NIMR) including the MRC Biomedical NMR Centre (planned to move to the new Francis Crick Institute in 2015, a partnership between the MRC, Cancer Research UK, Imperial College London, King's College London, the Wellcome Trust and University College London).[10]
King's Health Partners' research is focused on the following key programme areas:[11]
- Allergy
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular
- Dental
- Dermatology
- Diabetes
- Inflammation and immunity
- Neuroscience and mental health
- Reproductive health
- Stem cell
Hospitals
Teaching
King's College London GKT School of Medical Education provides core medical education at three King's Health Partners - Guy's Hospital, King's College Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital. King's Health Partners also collaborate with training and provide link education for other allied health professionals from other institutions.
References
- ^ "Heart operation using MRI is world first". BBC News. 9 January 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Top hospitals link up with university to form research centre". London Evening Standard. 10 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "The partners". King's Health Partners. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Our Partnership | King's Health Partners | London".
- ^ "Key Facts". King's Health Partners. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "University interventions aim to help heal a 'broken' NHS". Times Higher Education. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Top NHS and university alliances recognised by Department of Health". Government of the United Kingdom. 29 November 2013.
- ^ "Medical Research Council centres". King's College London. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ "About King's College London : News and What's On : King's College London". Archived from the original on 8 June 2009.
- ^ "Press release: £250 million commitment to UKCMRI". MRC National Institute for Medical Research. 26 March 2010. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- ^ "Research". King's Health Partners. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
Further reading
- "King's Health Partners chief calls for academic health groups' protection". Health Service Journal. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
External links
- King's Health Partners
- Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- King's College London Archived 25 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
