King's Health Partners
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| Geography | |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
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| Care system | NHS |
| Hospital type | Academic health science centre |
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| Founded | 2009 (London) |
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| Website | http://www.kingshealthpartners.org/ |
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 £2 billion, treat over 1.5 million patients each year and have approximately 25,000 employees.[4] It forms one of the largest centres for healthcare education in Europe.[4]
History
The four partners announced their intention to form an academic health science centre in April 2008.[2][5] On 9 March 2009 the UK Department of Health announced that King's Health Partners would be one of five academic health science centres established in England.[6]
In February 2012 it was announced that King's Health Partners and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts were developing a business case for a full merger of their organisations.[7][8] A strategic outline case for the merger was published in July 2012.[9][10]
Research
King's Health Partners incorporates five Medical Research Council centres,[11] including the MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, MRC & Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, MRC Social, Genetic and Development Psychiatry Centre, and MRC Centre for Transplantation.
King's Health Partners' research is focused on the following key programme areas:[12]
- Allergy
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular
- Dental
- Dermatology
- Diabetes
- Inflammation and immunity
- Neuroscience and mental health
- Reproductive health
- Stem cell
Hospitals
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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
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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