Academic Health Science Centres (AHSCs)

London has three Academic Health Science Centres (AHSCs), vibrant partnerships between top medical schools and NHS organisations focusing on innovation.

By bringing healthcare services, research and education together under a single leadership, they allow cutting-edge medical discoveries to be quickly translated into new techniques and introduced faster into London's hospitals. AHSC status has been awarded to just five partnerships in the UK who have demonstrated international excellence in biomedical research, education and patient care, including three in London: Imperial College, King's Health Partners and UCL Partners.

Professor Stephen Smith Chief Executive of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Principal of the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London:

“During our first 18 months, we have achieved the lowest standardised mortality rates in the country of any multispecialty NHS Trust, developed and introduced a new test to diagnose TB more accurately than ever before and pioneered the use of robotic technology to treat complex aneurysms, previously considered too high risk to operate on. The benefits for patients could not be clearer.”

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