KCHC-AR-2023 Final Signed - Flipbook - Page 4
Welcome
Welcome
from our Chief Executive and Chair of Trustees
As the Charity dedicated to making the best care
possible at King’s, we focus on the places where our
support is genuinely transformational for patients and
families, especially those who are frail or face barriers
to care and treatment.
This focus underpins our £1 million grant to bring a
Robot Assisted Surgery system to King’s for the first
time. Thanks to this grant, King's is able to invest in the
technology that will keep its cutting-edge sharp and
attract the very best surgical staff to keep building its
worldwide reputation.
It is frail and vulnerable patients who will benefit most
from the less invasive surgery that robotics will enable,
improving outcomes, speeding up recovery times and
freeing up space for King’s to treat more patients in
need. Our broader efforts to work together to advance
surgical innovation are also geared towards ensuring
no one is left behind, without the treatment they need
(P20).
On a smaller scale, we’ve been able to transform
hospital spaces and facilities to improve how patients
and families experience King’s hospitals, and to help
staff give the very best care.
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The front cover of this report shows the change we’ve
enabled in Donne ward, where some of King’s most frail
patients are looked after (P17).
In other areas, the transformation we’ve made possible
is less visible but just as impactful, such as our funding
for technology and innovation to reduce anxiety for
young patients (P16).
Making the best care possible involves working in
partnership with King’s over many years, initiating
projects and funding staff posts to achieve a
transformative impact, creating the momentum and
evidence required for King’s, and other partners, to
take the work forward to maximise long-term benefits
for patients.
While this is true for much of the research we fund (P22)
it is also true in our wider work to improve treatment
and care. For example, the psychosocial team we
funded in 2021/22 made such a difference that they
are now a permanent fixture, having enhanced King’s
capacity to support vulnerable patients in critical care
(P15).
