For the first time NHS clinicians have been awarded academic titles by King’s College London using new metrics that assess the clinical scholarship of the academic clinician.
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New Chair appointed for £1m patient care Network
June 21st, 2010
Chief Executive of the National Heart Forum, Paul Lincoln, has been appointed Chair of the South London Health Innovation and Education Cluster (HIEC) - a £1m a year government-funded network, comprising around 30 organisations, developed to enhance patient care.
New clinical research facilities open at Guy’s
June 16th, 2010
New state-of-the-art clinical research facilities on the 15th floor of Tower Wing at Guy’s Hospital in London are now open to clinical investigators.
Funding awarded to better understand chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
June 7th, 2010
King’s College Hospital has been awarded two sizeable grants by Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research (LLR) to further research into chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), one of the most common forms of the disease.
Supervised adminstration of injectable ‘medical’ heroin leads to larger reductions in street heroin use than injectable or oral methadone (RIOTT trial)
May 28th, 2010
Supervised administration of injectable ‘medical’ grade heroin leads to larger reductions in street heroin use in chronic heroin addicts who are failing on treatment than do either injectable or oral methadone. The findings of the RIOTT* trial are reported in an Article in this week’s Lancet, written by Professor John Strang, National Addiction Centre**, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London (part of King’s Health Partners) and colleagues.
