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Ensuring better care and increased efficiency are two sides of the same coin
Episode four of Hospital series two explores how staff at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust are developing new models of care and pushing the boundaries of what's possible technologically, while…
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How we’re evolving our services to deliver better results for patients
Here Dr William Oldfield, deputy medical director and respiratory consultant, explains how we want to continue to evolve our services to ensure the latest advances deliver better results for patients.
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Why A&E is struggling to be a ‘place of safety’ for mental health patients in crisis
Waiting times for people with a mental health problem attending one of our A&E departments are steadily rising. Like most acute NHS trusts, we don’t provide mental health services directly. Instead,…
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Behind the statistics: why we need a cultural change in our approach to dementia care
Dr Colin Mitchell, consultant physician and geriatrician at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, explains how acute trusts like ours need to take a new approach to care in the coming years to…
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Hospital in focus: the role of private healthcare within Imperial College Healthcare
The role of private healthcare within the NHS has never been without controversy. And increasingly, as episode two of the latest series of BBC Two’s Hospital shows, the choice between NHS and…
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Beyond NHS treatment: Why we support patients to access treatments not offered on the NHS
The NHS funds a variety of proven treatments for cancer. But in some cases, patients may wish to explore paying for drugs or treatments that are not available on the NHS. Here Dr Catherine Urch,…