Barts Health NHS Trust and Barts Life Sciences have joined forces with Capital City College Group (CCCG) to establish Barts Health Futures, a pioneering Health and Life Sciences Skills Hub. The partnership, marked by a signing ceremony at CCCG’s Angel centre, will offer diverse education and qualification pathways to students across London, equipping them with essential skills for the healthcare...
A pioneering AI technology designed to speed up patient care through improved assessment in the emergency department is currently being trialled at the Royal London Hospital (RLH) as part of a groundbreaking collaboration between Bingli, Barts Health and Barts Life Sciences (BLS). Emergency Departments (ED) are under significant pressure, with the four-hour wait time target consistently missed. BLS is at...
Clinical trials are important for helping to improve health outcomes for our community. A Clinical Research Facility (CRF) is both a physical place and importantly a team of skilled healthcare professionals who help to deliver research studies. Barts Health is a highly research-active organisation, and last year recruited more people into clinical trials than ever before. Next year, we will...
The healthcare research landscape has advanced dramatically in the past decade. Breakthroughs in areas such as genomics now enable us to diagnose and treat diseases with unprecedented precision. In this blog post, we spoke with Professor Sir Mark Caulfield, Vice Principal for Health Queen Mary University of London, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and Director of the NIHR Barts Biomedical...
UK Science Parks and Innovation Districts have long been pivotal engines of economic growth, driving technological innovation, economic development, and enhancing global competitiveness. In this blog, Dr. Grant Bourhill, MD at Barts Life Sciences and Board Director of the UK Science Park Association, explores the evolution of these clusters over the past few decades and the anticipated benefits of the...
A project using Artificial Intelligence to tackle cardiovascular healthcare inequalities in North East London has been awarded over £300,000 by Barts Charity. The PREDICT project will use patient data to predict and prevent emergency admissions to hospital for patients with heart valve disease. The 3-year project will translate medical notes into structured data which is suitable for identifying groups...
In a new collaboration with Barts Health’s Clinical Haematology team and Sanofi, Barts Life Sciences (BLS) aims to speed up diagnosis – and in turn treatment – of rare diseases. Rare diseases aren’t as rare as you might think. In fact, 1 in 17 people in Europe will be diagnosed with one. But despite being more common than originally imagined,...
Imagine a patient, whether just starting on a diagnostic pathway or already diagnosed with a chronic condition, missing a crucial procedure or follow-up appointment – the consequences can be significant, potentially leading to a delayed diagnosis or compromised care. Barts Life Sciences, in collaboration with Barts Health’s Business Intelligence Unit, has launched the TREAT project employing Natural Language Processing (NLP)...
Free support is being offered by Barts Life Sciences for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and innovators that are active or registered in London. The support brings in expertise on topics including developing NHS business cases, procurement, intellectual property, and health economics, with the aim of supporting scaling innovation alongside the NHS. Tailored guidance will also be offered to...
We truly believe this is an incredibly exciting vision for East London – and the world – and we hope you feel the same.
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