Transcript Healthcare for London R&D workshop

Professor Stephen Smith
Principal, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
and CEO of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Academic Health Science Centres:
World Class Ambitions
CIVITAS
Imperial College London at a glance
The University’s objectives
• 1907 Royal Charter states:
“Imperial College delivers world class
scholarship, education and research in
science, engineering and medicine,
with particular regard to their
application in industry”
Staff and Students
• 13,300 students, 9,600 staff
Excellence in research
• 73% of research activity judged as
world-leading or internationally
excellent, highest in UK
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust at a glance
• The Trust’s objectives
• Excellence in clinical services
• Excellence in research
• Excellence in healthcare education
• Patients, population and staff
• 1,000,000 patient episodes a year
• Serving a population of 3,000,000
• 9,500 staff including 850 consultants
• Largest NHS Trust in the UK
• Merger completed October 2007
• Maintained excellent financial and
operational performance
Our AHSC strategic themes
Infection
Health Technologies
Chronic inflammation
Imaging
Endocrinology, metabolism, diabetes
Genetics and Genomics
Cardiovascular
Cross-cutting technologies
Core strategic themes
The Imperial AHSC model
• Integrated leadership and
management
• Research and education embedded
with clinical services
• Joint appointments and programmes
• Integrated strategic, operational and
capital planning
• International benchmarks and
standards
Clinical Services
Hospital Standardised Mortality Rates 2005 - 2008
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust compared to a selection of leading UK teaching hospitals
120
100
Selected UK
teaching hospitals
HSMR*
80
60
73.6
72.5
76.6
67.6
40
20
0
2005
2006
2007
2008*
Source: Dr Foster Intelligence
HSMRs represent the ratio of observed number of deaths to the expected number of deaths, risk adjusted
Imperial College
Healthcare NHS Trust
Research
• Integrated research strategy, single
research directorate established
• Academics embedded in clinical
delivery structures
• Major investments in human and
physical infrastructure
• Development of Imperial College
Clinical Research Organisation
• Collaborations with pharmaceutical
and biotechnology industry
Director
Of
Research
Joint
Office
Clinical
Trials
Unit
Clinical
Research
Facilities
BRC
Clinical
Research
Support
Strategy,
Targets &
Monitoring
Education
• Integrated education strategy for all
healthcare professionals
• Directorate of Education formed to
deliver vision
• Heads of Education for each Clinical
Programme Group
Director of Education
• Creation of a Postgraduate Health
Science Academy
Healthcare Education
Office
Healthcare Education
Board
Heads of Education
Postgraduate Health
Science Academy
Multi-professional
Education
Development Group
Dissemination and application into the community
• Preventative and Interventional Public
Health
• Networks with local providers
• Health Innovation and Education
Clusters
• Biomedical Research Units
• Collaborations for Leadership in
Applied Health Research and Care
Dissemination and application internationally
• Development of Institute for
Global Health
• Working to address global health
priorities with international
healthcare agencies
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Wellcome Trust
United Nations
World Health Organisation
Department for International Development
Gates Foundation
World Bank
• Strategic alliances in Middle East
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Qatar Foundation
Imperial College Diabetes Centre in Abu Dhabi
A single global healthcare marketplace is developing
Great Universities and Academic Health Science Centers MUST
develop an international presence to be leaders in global medicine