Cardiac experts to be involved in new NHS alliance
Monday 21st June 2010
Patients in west London are to see the collaboration of cardiac experts from three institutions to research clinical care and education related to heart and lung disease.
According to the Fulham Chronicle, more than 460 cardiac and thoracic surgeons, consultants, cardiologists, professors and researchers from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College London will be involved with the programme.
Patients from the two trusts will be able to take part in research conducted by the experts, while the work done will help to improve services for sufferers of cardiac and respiratory problems both locally and worldwide.
Professor Stephen Smith, chief executive of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, said: "Our aim is to focus all our collective energy and expertise on dramatically improving research collaboration, clinical care and ultimately patient outcomes."
The Imperial College trust was created in 2007 by merging St Mary's NHS Trust and Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust and is now one of the largest of its kind in the UK.
Written by Alex Franklin Stortford
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