New health science centre
< Back to university newsImperial College London has joined forces with two of the UK's leading National Health Service Trusts, Hammersmith Hospital and St Mary's, to form the UK's first Academic Health Science Centre. The Centre is one of the largest portfolios of health services in the UK and expects to treat more than one million patients a year, offering more than 50 clinical specialities, from conception to end of life care.
The pioneering venture will integrate healthcare services with teaching and research, an internationally proven approach to offering the world's best healthcare. It will have an annual turnover of £760 million and employ 9,700 staff. Professor Simon Smith, principal of the faculty of medicine at Imperial and newly appointed chief executive of the Academic Health Science Centre said, "Our fusion of healthcare, research and teaching is breaking down barriers. It's about being clever in two different ways, and being joined up in our approach to both. We must be good at discoveries and inventions, but we must be positive and quick at introducing these advances into our healthcare system."
Collectively the three organisations already have a world-leading reputation. Hammersmith and St Mary's are rated second and third best trusts for clinical performance, quality of care and safety while Imperial College is ranked fourth for biomedical research in the Times Higher Education Supplement's World University Rankings.
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Posted: Tuesday 9 February 2010