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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,…
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From overseas battlefields to terrorist incidents at home: how specialist major trauma teams are saving lives
Mr Shehan Hettiaratchy, trauma lead and consultant plastic, hand and reconstructive surgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, explains why advances in major trauma care and plastic and…
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Working in the midst of a major incident: first-hand experience from A&E
Dr Alison Sanders, the Trust’s clinical director of urgent care and emergency medicine, explains what happened when a major incident was declared at St Mary’s, one of the capital’s four major trauma…
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How UK Living Kidney Sharing Schemes mean more patients can receive life-changing transplants
This week we have a guest blog post from Lisa Burnapp, lead nurse for living donation at NHS Blood and Transplant. Here Lisa explains more about living kidney donations and how a special type of…
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We need support to bring More Smiles to children in London
Dr Simon Nadel, consultant paediatrician, head of specialty and lead clinician on our children's intensive care unit, explains how the unit has grown since it opened in 1992 and what an expanded…
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Why fewer, more specialist stroke units are saving lives
In this week’s blog post, Dr Arindam Kar, consultant stroke physician at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, explains how the Trust’s stroke service works and why we helped to consolidate…
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Behind the headlines: NHS care and overseas patients
While our care is always provided on the basis of clinical need, for some patients, the delivery of that care will be followed by the delivery of an invoice, as you see in episode four of Hospital…
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The NHS has a critical role to play in pioneering new treatments that draw on the best, new research
Professor Jonathan Weber, director of Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, explains how we work and reflects on our most innovative and far-reaching achievements to date.
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Our local children’s services offer real evidence that integrated care models can help solve NHS challenges
To provide high quality and safe care we must work closely with our patients, their families and our partners – primary, secondary and community healthcare providers – in order to navigate and…
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“Nursing is a grand career”: A day in the life of Alice Markey, discharge nurse
Sister Alice Markey has been with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for 25 years. As a discharge nurse, Alice ensures that patients are fit to leave hospital and that the right support is in…
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Behind the headlines: Understanding the complex challenges facing the NHS
Professor Tim Orchard, director of division of medicine and integrated health, features in episode one of BBC Two’s documentary series Hospital. Here, he argues that it’s really important for us all…
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Why we opened our doors to TV cameras
As the trailer hits screens for BBC Two’s new television series featuring our hospitals, Trust director of communications Michelle Dixon explains why we became one of a growing number of NHS…