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40-502: Synnovis provides pathology services to The Princess Royal University Hospital as well as to Guy's , St Thomas’ and King's College hospitals. The laboratories are accredited with the ISO 15189 medical laboratory standard and are listed by UKAS . On 3 June 2024 Synnovis succumbed to a ransomware attack compromising patient and clinician confidential data and disrupting NHS services. The National Cyber Security Centre released some details in

80-424: A peppercorn rent for 999 years. Following his death in 1724, Thomas Guy was entombed at the hospital's chapel (also dating from the 18th century), in a tomb featuring a marble sculpture by John Bacon . The original buildings formed a courtyard facing St Thomas Street, comprising the hall on the east side and the chapel, Matron's House and Surgeon's House on the west side. The original main buildings were built by

120-609: A report on the incident. Synnovis was established under the name of GSTS Pathology in 2009 as a partnership with Serco . It was founded in response to the recommendations in the “Report of the Review of NHS Pathology Services in England” chaired by Lord Carter of Coles , published in 2006. GSTS Pathology posted a £5.9 million loss in 2011 but a £3.8m net profit for the year ending December 2013, up from £300,000 in 2012. Income increased by 6% from £87.6m in 2012 to £92.5m in 2013. In 2014

160-538: A further merger began in 1992. UMDS was subsequently absorbed into King's College London on 1 August 1998, forming the Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, more commonly known as GKT. In 2005, the entity was rebranded King's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, also known as KCLMS. However it is still widely known as GKT amongst current students, graduates and consultants who consider themselves affiliated to

200-677: A part of the School of Medicine, having previously been run by the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences. King's College London GKT School of Medical Education is associated with the following hospitals: It is also associated with several peripheral hospitals around the South East of the UK, including Medway Maritime Hospital, William Harvey Hospital and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital. Students are required to spend at least part of their training at these peripheral locations. Guy's Campus

240-400: A place to treat 'incurables' discharged from St Thomas'. St Thomas's Hospital Medical School was founded in 1550 and was sited across St Thomas' Hospital and Guy's Hospital. In 1769 it was decided that Guy's would teach mainly medical subjects, whereas St Thomas' would focus on surgery and the joint teaching institution was generally known as The Borough Hospitals. However, a dispute between

280-585: Is an NHS hospital founded by Thomas Guy , located in the borough of Southwark in central London . It is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and one of the institutions that comprise the King's Health Partners , an academic health science centre . It is a large teaching hospital and is, with St Thomas' Hospital and King's College Hospital , the location of King's College London GKT School of Medical Education . The hospital's Tower Wing (originally known as Guy's Tower) was, when built in 1974,

320-890: Is in a separate building just to the south. To the west of the Great Maze Pond is Guy's Campus which forms part of King's College London . At 148.65 metres (487.7 ft) high, Guy's Tower (now called the Tower Wing) regained its tallest hospital building in the world status in 2014. It has since been surpassed by the Outpatient Center at the Houston Methodist Hospital , in Houston , USA at 156.05 metres (512.0 ft). King%27s College London GKT School of Medical Education GKT School of Medical Education (abbreviated: GKT )

360-814: Is located in St. Thomas' Hospital. The nearest Underground station is Westminster . Denmark Hill Campus is situated in south London near the borders of the London Borough of Lambeth and the London Borough of Southwark in Camberwell and is the only campus not situated on the River Thames. The campus consists of King's College Hospital , the Maudsley Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN). In addition to

400-678: Is situated close to London Bridge and the Shard on the South Bank of the River Thames. It holds New Hunt's House Library and building, Hodgkin Building and Wills' Library, Henriette Raphael House and Guy's Hospital. The nearest Underground station is London Bridge . The St Thomas' Campus in the London Borough of Lambeth , facing the Houses of Parliament across the Thames, houses parts of

440-588: Is the medical school of King's College London . The school has campuses at three institutions, Guy's Hospital ( Southwark ), King's College Hospital ( Denmark Hill ) and St Thomas' Hospital ( Lambeth ) in London – with the initial of each hospital making up the acronymous name of the school. The school in its current guise was formed following a merger with the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals on 1 August 1998. As of 2023,

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480-745: The Black Death , the plague , the War of the Roses , the Great Fire of London , the Blitz and over 60 years of NHS reforms." Of the GKT School of Medical Education teaching hospitals, St Thomas' Hospital is the oldest and was founded in 1173 but whose roots can be traced to the establishment of St Mary Overie Priory in 1106. Thomas Guy , a governor of St Thomas', founded Guy's Hospital in 1721 as

520-662: The 15 laboratories run by Viapath found its invoicing and billing systems were “unreliable” and contained “material inaccuracies”, amounting to an overcharge of £283,561 over a sample three-month period. A variety of complaints by clinicians were recorded, centring on a policy of employing staff who were less experienced and less expensive. In a review of its first four years, marked “strictly confidential”, Chief Executive Richard Jones admitted that it had “achieved much less than hoped” and that “initial attempts at transformation were badly handled and ended up costing money rather than saving it”. Guy%27s Hospital Guy's Hospital

560-617: The Academy of Healthcare Science, the “Viapath Award For Innovation In Healthcare Science” was created, a category that was open to all UK healthcare scientists. The winners were Jonathan Ashmore and Cormac McGrath, clinical scientists from NHS Highlands and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust for their work on developing an MRI virtual reality app. Following successful trials, in 2018, Viapath agreed to implement diagnostics.ai's technology into Viapath's South London Specialist Virology Centre at King's College Hospital. This technology automates

600-641: The Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma in 2008 alone were awarded 'Centre of Excellence' status by the British Heart Foundation with funding of £9 million and a £4 million Breakthrough Breast Cancer Unit was opened in 2009. The School is also host to its own 'Centre of Medical Law and Ethics', the first of its kind in the UK, and in March 2009, the school was accredited as an Academic health science centre , one of only five in

640-539: The GPEP course for Maxillofacial (MaxFax) Entry. The intake numbers vary year to year. It receives more applications for medicine than any other UK medical school and as of 2016 applicants were required to sit the University Clinical Aptitude Test . The School is home to the world's oldest Hospital Gazette, originally published as Guy's Hospital Gazette in 1872, which continues to run under

680-915: The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, parts of the Dental Institute and School of Medicine, and a large hall of residence, King's College Hall, are situated here. Other buildings include the campus library known as the Weston Education Centre (WEC), the James Black Centre, the Rayne Institute (haemato-oncology) and the Cicely Saunders Institute ( palliative care ), the world's first purpose-built institute for palliative care The Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute

720-520: The King's Master Mason, John Deval , in 1739. A bequest of £180,000 by William Hunt in 1829, one of the largest charitable bequests in England in historic terms, allowed for a further hundred beds to be accommodated. Hunt's name was given to the southern expansion of the hospital buildings which took place in 1850. Two inner quadrangles were divided by a cloister which was later restyled and dedicated to

760-526: The Palace of Westminster. A new cancer centre, designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners , and built by Laing O'Rourke at a cost of £160 million, was completed in April 2016. Medical services at the Guy's site are now concentrated in the buildings to the east of Great Maze Pond: these buildings, which are connected, are known as Tower Wing, Bermondsey Wing, Southwark Wing and Borough Wing. The Cancer Centre

800-658: The School of Medicine and the Dental Institute. The Florence Nightingale Museum is also located here. The museum is dedicated to Florence Nightingale, the founder of the Nightingale Training School of St Thomas' Hospital (now King's Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery ). St Thomas' Hospital became part of King's College London School of Medicine in 1998. The St Thomas' Hospital and Campus were named after St Thomas Becket . The Department of Twin Research ( TwinsUk ), King's College London

840-641: The UK. Like other medical schools in the UK, GKT has its own sports teams which compete in various student sports leagues and tournaments. Like most other universities in London GKT sports teams take part in the BUCS leagues and cups and the University of London Union leagues and cups. The GKT teams also take part in the United Hospitals Cup , which is a sporting competition played between

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880-573: The analysis and reporting of results. When the company lost its bid for a renewal of the 15-year contract, the Guy's and St. Thomas' and King's College trusts bought out Serco's share. The Synnovis brand was launched in October 2022. Internal documents leaked to Corporate Watch in August 2014 indicate that the company overcharged the NHS for diagnostic tests. A 2013 internal audit by Guy's into three of

920-578: The graduation ceremonies held in the Barbican Centre . The School's research excellence is recognised worldwide and the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise confirmed King's as one of the top two universities in the UK for health research strength. Around 70 percent of health science submissions from King's were ranked in the top six within the UK. Currently, the School hosts six MRC Centres, The two MRC Centres in Transplantation and

960-546: The hospital's members who fell in the First World War . The east side comprised the care wards and the "counting house" with the governors' Burfoot Court Room. The north-side quadrangle is dominated by a statue of Lord Nuffield (1877–1963) who was the chairman of governors for many years and also a major benefactor. In 1879-1880 the 'Guy's Hospital dispute' between matron Margaret Burt and hospital medical staff highlighted how doctors sometimes felt that their authority

1000-491: The hospitals rather than the university. In 2005 the dental school became the Dental Institute and the remainder was renamed the King's College School of Medicine. The dean, Robert Lechler , oversees the running of both the Medical and Dental schools, as well as the School of Biomedical Sciences (all three were formerly regarded as GKT before the rebranding). Before the start of the 2010/11 academic year, Physiotherapy became

1040-614: The lowest offer rates of 14%, 16% and 17%, respectively. Also see Graduation Dress of King's College London Graduation ceremonies for School of Medical Education are normally held in June or July (summer). During summer graduation, the graduation ceremonies are held in Southwark Cathedral ; this is owing to St Thomas's Medical School roots that could be traced to St Mary Overie Priory. For those who happen to finish during January (winter), graduands could opt for attending

1080-507: The majority-owned NHS joint venture rebranded itself Viapath when it merged with Kingspath. In January 2014, Viapath began operating as three different entities: Viapath Group, Viapath Analytics and Viapath Services. Viapath Group enables the provision of an end-to-end pathology service including laboratory testing services, laboratory facilities and equipment, logistics, IT and corporate support services. In February 2016, Dr. David Bennett, former head of NHS Foundation Trust regulator Monitor,

1120-592: The medical school is ranked 5th best in the UK for clinical medicine by U.S. News & World Report, and 10th best worldwide by Times Higher Education. The medical school has an annual intake of around 400 places on the standard MBBS Programme, 50 places on the Extended Medical Degree Programme (EMDP) and 23 places on the Graduate/Professional Entry Programme (GPEP), and an additional 2 places on

1160-680: The medical, dental and veterinary schools of London in all sports. The two most popular and biggest of the competitions include the United Hospitals Bumps (rowing) and the men's rugby. GKT has a fierce sporting rivalry with King's College London . This rivalry led to the founding of the Macadam Cup in 2004, which pits GKT and KCL sports teams against each other. The championship is named in honour of Sir Ivison Macadam , an alumnus of King's. So far in Macadam Cup's history,

1200-471: The multiple institutions that comprise the medical school, the School once again rebranded as the King's College London GKT School of Medical Education. The hospitals associated with King's College London GKT School of Medical Education, i.e. , Guy's Hospital , King's College Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital (hence the GKT name and abbreviation), are: "amongst the oldest hospitals in the world, having endured

1240-463: The name GKT Gazette. The School was named the GKT School of Medicine between 1998 and 2005. However, due to confusion over the official name of the institute, especially with regards to research emerging from the university, it was rebranded as the King's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals. In 2015, to reflect the strong history of

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1280-704: The oldest and most prestigious medical schools in the UK. In 1982 the two medical schools decided to merge and formed the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, more commonly known as UMDS. It was enlarged in 1983 when the Royal Dental Hospital of London School of Dental Surgery merged with Guy's Hospital Dental School, and again in 1985 with the addition of the Postgraduate Institute of Dermatology. Initially students of UMDS were allocated to one of

1320-522: The tallest hospital building in the world, standing at 148.65 metres (487.7 ft) with 34 floors. The tower was overtaken as the world's tallest healthcare-related building by The Belaire in New York City in 1988. As of June 2019, the Tower Wing, which remains one of the tallest buildings in London , is the world's sixth-tallest hospital building . The hospital dates from 1721, when it

1360-443: The two campuses, with most preclinical teaching and all clinical teaching being separate. With the intake of 1989, students ceased being allocated in this way, and teaching for all students was divided between the campuses and their peripheral hospitals. Discussions between King's College London (which had trained medical students since it was established and founded its own hospital, King's College Hospital, in 1840) and UMDS regarding

1400-435: The two hospitals regarding the successor to Sir Astley Cooper resulted in Guy's Hospital establishing its own medical school in 1825. After this, students of surgeons attended operations at both hospitals until 1836. A riot between students of the two hospitals broke out in the operating theatre at St. Thomas's in 1836 which ended the arrangement. St Thomas's Hospital Medical School and Guy's Hospital Medical School were two of

1440-541: Was appointed the new chair of Viapath. In July 2016, Dr. Dominic Harrington won the ‘Academy for Healthcare Science award for innovation’ at the Advancing Healthcare Awards. He was recognised for his achievement in creating Viapath’s Innovation Academy. In 2016, response to the government’s new Apprenticeship Levy scheme, Viapath partnered with 3aaa Apprenticeships to train apprentices under Viapath’s new VIAcademy scheme. In 2018, in conjunction with

1480-407: Was being challenged by new-style matrons. Florence Nightingale advocated that these new trained matrons had full control and discipline over their nursing staff. Margaret Burt ultimately resigned, but this was not an isolated episode and other matrons experienced similar issues, such as Eva Luckes . In 1974, the hospital added the 34-storey Guy's Tower and 29-storey Guy's House: this complex

1520-604: Was designed by Watkins Gray. The Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases , which is dedicated to improving outcomes of conditions such as Alzheimer's disease , stroke , Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injury , was opened by the Princess Royal in December 2004. In October 2005 children's departments moved to the Evelina London Children's Hospital in the grounds next to St Thomas's close to

1560-483: Was founded by philanthropist Thomas Guy , who had made a fortune as a printer of Bibles and greatly increased it by speculating in the South Sea Bubble . It was originally established as a hospital to treat "incurables" discharged from St Thomas' Hospital . Guy had been a governor and benefactor of St Thomas' and his fellow governors supported his intention by granting the south-side of St Thomas Street for

1600-840: Was opened by the Princess Royal in 2015 at the Denmark Hill Campus. It is named after British philanthropist Maurice Wohl , who had a long association with King's and supported many medical projects. The nearest Overground station is Denmark Hill . King's College London, generally in 2005, is the sixth-most difficult UK university to gain admission to the, as ranked as Sunday Times . A freedom-of-information request in 2015 revealed that for every 1,764 applications that School of Medical Education received, only 39 offers were made thereby resulting in an offer rate of just 2.2%. For other subjects: Nursery & Midwifery, Physiotherapy and Clinical Dentistry also had one of

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