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Key facts
King's Health Partners:
- is one of only five accredited Academic Health Sciences Centres in England;
- is part of the South London Health Innovation and Education Cluster, one of 17 government funded networks;
- is a partner member of the Global Centre for Mental Health;
- has one of the world's leading research-led universities, ranked in the top 25 universities in the world;
- is the largest centre for healthcare education in Europe;
- provides education and research in the widest range of subjects allied to medicine of any London institution;
- has a student body of 21,000 from more than 140 countries;
- brings together three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts;
- is home to all three types of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) biomedical research centres (comprehensive, specialised and patient safety and quality);
- university has more Medical Research Council Centres than any other;
- provides the full range of medical and healthcare services, from acute and specialist medical care through to mental health care and services that promote physical and psychological well-being;
- has a local population which is among the most ethnically, socially and economically diverse in the world.
- has the largest critical care service in the UK;
- has one of the UK's five Centres of Excellence for surgical innovation - with an award-winning day surgery centre;
- is home to Europe's largest liver transplant centre and Europe's largest blood sciences laboratory;
- has London's only single site Neurosciences Centre;
- provides 24/7 specialist services for victims of stroke and cardiac arrest, including dedicated neuro-imaging and cardiac catheter laboratories;
- has the busiest A&E departments in the UK and is home to a major trauma centre;
- has the largest dental school in Europe;
- is a major centre for cancer and renal services, with the UK's largest live kidney donor programme;
- a leading centre for genetics, stem cell and allergy research;
- serves over 1.5 million patients every year;
- has approximately 25,000 employees;
- has a combined annual turnover of £2 billion.
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