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The KHP Mind & Body Chronic Pain PEACS project was Highly Commended at the HSJ awards. Together with patients and community organisations, the team celebrated their success at a glittering awards ceremony.

Prof Prokar Dasgupta, KHP Professor of Surgery, interviews Mr Majed Shabbir, Clinical Lead at the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS FT urology centre, about a recent prestigious Newsweek award.

Adults are advised to do at least 150 minutes of exercise a week for their physical health, yet there are no guidelines for how much daily exercise your brain needs. Naomi Glover is challenging the way we think about our brains and helping people to discover accessible ways to keep their brains healthier, happier and sharper throughout life.

When Dr Nedah Darabi acquired her disability she saw the barriers people living with disability face from a new perspective. Now she is using her lived experience to share how healthcare can be more accessible.

Lung cancer has been identified as the highest recorded cause of cancer mortality at a mental health trust in south east London. Responding to the identified risk, which is impacting people with severe mental illness, KHP Mind & Body and the South East London Cancer Alliance are piloting a programme to help these patients get an earlier diagnosis.

As Lead Clinician at the Brain Health Clinic, Devon and the team offer remote support services for people with Mild Cognitive Impairment. She says: “The passion the team has in working to improve the lives of people living with cognitive impairment is truly inspiring.”   

Prof Slonims focuses on advancing care for individuals with severe communication impairments, and tells us how interventions in the home are valued most by families.

Dr Paul Shotbolt updates on the launch of Maudsley Neurotechnology (MNT) - a cross-partnership initiative.

COPD contributes to NHS winter pressures, so a new project in south east London is working to proactively support at-risk patients.

The research fellow reveals the freedom of clinical academia, and how research is a lot like a game of football...

Through his new roles, Prof Hotopf will play a critical role in working with Prof Graham Lord, KHP’s Executive Director and Chief Academic Officer for King’s College London, to create opportunities for effective clinical academic integration across our partners.

KHP News sits down with Prof Eric So, Professor and Chair in Leukaemia Biology, King’s College London, to talk about his team’s work on the molecular biology of normal and leukaemia stem cells (LSCs). Understanding normal and LSCs will transform how patients react to treatment.