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An NHS fit for the future: The vital role of university health partnerships
9 July 2025
At our first roundtable event with the Policy Institute, leaders discussed the vital role university health partnerships have to play in delivering on the UK Government's 10 Year Health Plan.
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10 July 2025
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9 July 2025Mind and body
Sexual reproductive health is often poorly integrated into mental health services, and many patients with severe mental illness (SMI) struggle to initiate related conversations. A new Mind & Body initiative aims to help staff integrate care and better serve their patients.
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9 July 2025Prevention, Wellbeing, and Equity programme Improving population health
Dr Beth Jones, clinical lead for the Women’s and Girls’ Health Programme, shares her reflections on improving access to care in south east London - from lessons learned at the Southwark Long-acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) hub, to tackling inequalities and improving education and training.
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8 July 2025
King's Health Partners joined the ‘Festival of Action’ in Sheffield to discuss practical ways of improving health equity through prevention. In this blog Dr Irem Patel shares her reflections from the event and gives some actionable insights from the event speakers.
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7 July 2025KHPeople Clinical Academic Groups
Prof Van Hemelrijck explains how partnerships and purpose are the key to success in improving cancer services.
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7 July 2025KHPeople Clinical Academic Groups
Prof Carsten Flohr shares how multi-disciplinary working advances knowledge of skin allergies, and the difference geography plays in diagnosis.
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24 June 2025Centre for Translational Medicine Delivering personalised health
The scheme has offered one-year funding of up to £60,000 for 10 researchers across King’s Health Partners.
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23 June 2025
Six current and former staff across King’s Health Partners were recognised in the honours, including the award of a Knight Grand Cross - the highest rank within the Order of the British Empire.
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16 June 2025
Our new strategy to 2030, which launched on Monday (16 June), sets out how the partnership will pioneer better health for all, together, and make a tangible difference to our communities.
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10 June 2025Academic Surgery Improving population health
Prof Gail Rosseau MD, Professor of Neurosurgery at George Washington University, discusses her work advocating better global access to surgical care, and shares some inspirational advice from Kermit the Frog.
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6 June 2025KHPeople
The Senior Clinical Fellow in Trauma and Emergency Surgery discusses the benefits of volunteering with King’s Global Health Partnerships and working towards a shared vision of equity in emergency care.
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5 June 2025Prevention, Wellbeing, and Equity programme Improving population health
More than 5,000 Southwark residents have benefitted from health checks delivered by clinicians at Francis House Vaccination Centre, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.