Click on the links below to read opinion pieces by members of the King's Health Partners Executive:

Prof Simon Lovestone's opinon - Director of Research (January 2012). After it was discovered that citrus fruit juice could prevent scurvy, it took the Royal Navy another 250 years to introduce lime to sailors’ rum ration – despite the fact scurvy was more deadly than combat. The time lag between academic discovery and systematic action isn’t quite that bad in the UK healthcare system. But it can be as long as 17 years. That’s too long. And it gets to the heart of what I believe is our defining purpose as an Academic Health Sciences Centre.  Read more>>

Prof Anne Greenough's opinion - Director of Education and Training (February 2011). World-class education and training are fundamental to achieving the vision of King’s Health Partners. This is a time of major change in education and training, not least in the funding and commissioning of education and training, but also in the delivery and setting of healthcare. The breadth of expertise within King’s Health Partners means that those changes are not challenges, but opportunities. Read more >>

Frances O'Callaghan's Opinion - Director of Performance and Delivery (September 2010)
I feel enormously privileged to have been appointed as Director of Performance and Delivery for King’s Health Partners. I have joined the Executive at a hugely exciting time with our Clinical Academic Group leaders currently being appointed, our strategic vision well articulated, a joint business plan for our partners agreed and plans for Clinical Academic Group accreditation beginning in earnest. Read more >>

Prof John Moxham's Opinion - Director of Clinical Strategy (June 2010)
Across King’s Health Partners we are often asked what added value the Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) and its associated Clinical Academic Groups (CAGs) bring to the table. Our overall ambition, clearly set out in our Strategic Framework, is to achieve better health and well-being for our local population and beyond, and we will ultimately be judged by what we achieve in this respect. Read more>>

Lord Butler's Opinion - Chair (March 2010)
Having joined King’s Health Partners just a short time ago as Chair, I have observed a strong determination across all the partners and a shared aspiration to make the organisation the leading Academic Health Sciences Centre in the UK. Read more>>

Prof Sir Robert Lechler's Opinion - Executive Director (November 2009)
You should by now have seen the first issue of our magazine Translate. The title is appropriate in more ways than one. Of course, one of our obvious aims of becoming an Academic Health Sciences Centre is to accelerate the process of translating discovery into patient benefit. Read more>>

If you would like to comment on any of the items above, please email kingshealthpartners@kcl.ac.uk.