Our work
King’s Health Partners Neurosciences’ work focuses on a number of key areas and objectives.
Building our existing strengths, our aim is to become:
Creating a world-leading system for neurological recovery across physical and psychological domains, providing the best clinical care for our patients and promoting their wellbeing. This includes taking both a personalised health and a population health focus.
A world-leading centre for translational neuroscience
By building on our collective strengths in basic science and utilising our research infrastructure, we will grow our cutting-edge research with a strong focus on translation. We will build on our pipeline of first-in-human trials and develop future research leaders in this area. We will drive the translation of research into new diagnostics and treatments.
The leading centre in the UK for education and training
We will use our expertise for local, regional, national and international benefit through a comprehensive neurosciences educational offering for patients, carers, scientists and clinicians.
We will also continue to focus on:
Mind & Body
As neurological conditions relate to the brain and nervous system, the interaction between physical neurological and neuropsychological needs are complex and encompass cognitive, emotional, behavioural and social needs. Providing accurate diagnosis and effective treatment can be challenging.
There are established integrated services in stroke and neurorehabilitation which address both mind and body and we want to be at the forefront in addressing patient needs holistically for other conditions. We will continue to enhance the assessment, diagnosis and management of the emotional, cognitive and mental health needs of our patients, both through research and innovation in clinical practice.
As part of this work, we are progressing research to assess the mental health needs of young people with epilepsy.
Building on our pilot work, we now run an extended multi-disciplinary team model which includes neuropsychiatry, for patients with multiple sclerosis.
Digital
We are pioneering the development of new digitally enabled pathways of care and data science, to improve outcomes and quality of life for patients, and identify areas of further research and innovation.
Populations and communities
We receive referrals from a wide geographical area, and so we are working with other providers, so that the benefits extend beyond King’s Health Partners. We ensure a strong patient voice when planning and implementing projects through our patient advisory group. We also work with family members, carers and link closely with charities to ensure that issues which are meaningful to patients help drive our programme of work.
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To get in touch with King’s Health Partners Neurosciences team and learn more about our work, please email KHPNeurosciences@kcl.ac.uk.