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A world-leading initiative led by King's College London that is transforming the future of health and care. Now posting here: www.linkedin.com/showcase/kings-bet… www.kcl.ac.uk/research/better-healt…

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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
We’ve paused activity on this account. To keep up with our news, events and update, please follow us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/showcase/kin...
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King's Better Health & Care Hub | 346 followers on LinkedIn. A world-leading cross-university development in research and education, led by King's College London | We are a world-leading i...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Join us on 20 May for an exciting evening of research with real‑world impact at @pintofscience.uk 2026! Our researchers will share insights across key health and care topics, including patient safety, diabetes and healthy ageing. Get your tickets: shorturl.at/IMOO6 #pint26
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Introducing our Accelerator Grant Awardees! 🚀 We’ve awarded seven grants of up to £20k to interdisciplinary projects – spanning five King’s faculties – to drive early‑stage research on pressing health and care challenges. Meet the awardees: shorturl.at/lNfWq
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Breathlessness, or shortness of breath, affects millions. But what causes it - and what simple strategies can help manage it? Our latest feature shares insights from King’s experts, drawn from our recent webinar on breathlessness. Read more: shorturl.at/YiOYG
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Curious how AI and teamwork are transforming nursing? Join @kingsnmpc.bsky.social's webinar on 8 April to hear how King’s researchers are using AI and collaboration to transform healthcare delivery and improve outcomes in critical care. Register now: shorturl.at/8o7Y5
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Select tickets – Smart care: How teamwork and technology are modernising nursing – Microsoft Teams
Smart care: How teamwork and technology are modernising nursing – Microsoft Teams, Wed 8 Apr 2026 - Join us for the next webinar in the King’s Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care Inter...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
We're delighted to announce that Dr @juliettemalley.bsky.social joins @kingsnmpc.bsky.social as a Reader within the Better Health & Care Hub from 1 March 2026. Her appointment strengthens our mission to transform health and care for people with complex illnesses. Read more: shorturl.at/ouoGT
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
How do everyday family interactions shape a child’s mental health? Researchers from @kingsnmpc.bsky.social & @kingsioppn.bsky.social - supported by @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social - are using head‑worn cameras to capture family dynamics & bring fathers into focus. Read more: shorturl.at/9fsq6
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
King’s has launched a new cross-Faculty Centre for Critical Illness Research, hosted by @kingslsm.bsky.social with expertise from @kingsnmpc.bsky.social. It aims to improve the care and outcomes of critically ill adults and children in the UK and worldwide. Read more: shorturl.at/DCLEI
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
What simple techniques can help you manage breathlessness — or support someone living with it? In our latest webinar, King’s experts shared research insights & practical strategies to boost wellbeing for those with breathlessness. ▶️Catch up on YouTube: rb.gy/hn4ybr
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
There’s still time to book your place on tomorrow’s breathlessness webinar. Join us to learn about simple, proven methods to manage breathlessness and support our wellbeing. 📅 Jan 27, 11am-12pm More info ➡️ shorturl.at/fbmPL
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Are you looking after yourself or someone with breathlessness? Our next webinar will see experts share practical, drug-free methods and tools to help manage breathlessness and improve daily life. Find out more ➡️ shorturl.at/fbmPL
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The Government’s new International Education Strategy has been launched at King’s🚀 The event highlighted our world‑leading education projects & our global work in health & care, like the @kingsnmpc.bsky.social nursing degree‑level programme in Singapore. Read more: shorturl.at/etFW9
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Breathlessness affects millions worldwide. Join our webinar on 27 January to learn simple, research-based ways to manage breathlessness and support wellbeing. Find out more ➡️ shorturl.at/fbmPL
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Breathlessness impacts both the person experiencing it and those who support them. In our 27 January webinar, learn how small things like positioning, pacing and using handheld fans can make a real difference. Find out more ➡ shorturl.at/fbmPL
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Save the date |🗓 11 am, 27 Jan Breathlessness affects millions of people worldwide, and it doesn’t just affect the person experiencing it - families and carers all feel its impact Our next event will explore simple, research-backed ways to help www.tickettailor.com/events/bette...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Starting soon! Bring your lunch and learn something new 👩‍🏫⚕️
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Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King's @kingsnmpc.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
📣Calling all health researchers, parents & carers! Next week our world-leading researchers @paedpallcare.bsky.social & Kim Whitehead will share how their work is helping us learn more about #epilepsy in children & improving #palliativecare for young people www.tickettailor.com/events/bette...
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Select tickets – Improving health and care for the next generation – Microsoft Teams
Improving health and care for the next generation – Microsoft Teams, Thu 4 Dec 2025 - Join us for this session of the Better Health & Care lunchtime webinar series, where we explore innovative app...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
💡 Coming up in our next lunchtime webinar: Dr Kimberley Whitehead will talk about how recording children’s brain activity at home could give clinicians a much clearer picture of their day-to-day neurological symptoms . 🗓️Thu 4 Dec | 1–2 PM 🎟️https://www.tickettailor.com/events/betterhchub/1834990
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Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King's @kingsnmpc.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Behind every data point is a story 💻👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Join @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social for their next lunchtime webinar exploring how data-driven and family-centred research is shaping the future of children’s health and care. 🗓️ 4 Dec | 1-2 pm | Online 🎟️Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/bette...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
How can data, family insight and innovation improve care for children with complex needs? Join our next webinar to find out. 🗓️ Thu 4 Dec, 1 PM 🎟️ Register: www.tickettailor.com/events/bette... #ChildHealth #PalliativeCare
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Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King's @kingsnmpc.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Join us for the Perseverance Trust Nightingale Fellowship Lecture 2025, celebrating the inaugural lectures of Profs Avey Bhatia OBE & Tracey Carter MBE 📅 3 Dec 2025 🕔 17:45-20:30 📍 Guy’s Campus (and online) 🔗 Register now to join in person or online: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/inaug...
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Perseverance Trust Nightingale Fellowship Lecture 2025 | King's College London
The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care is proud to present the Perseverance Trust Nightingale Fellowship Lecture 2025.
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
How can care for people with advanced illness and dementia better support independence, dignity and meaning at the end of life? ▶️Catch up on our latest webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFQ2...
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Supporting independence and dignity in advanced illness and dementia
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Last chance to grab tickets for our lunchtime webinar tomorrow! Exploring how we can better support independence, dignity & quality of life for people with dementia and advanced illness with Professor Matthew Maddocks & Dr Liam Gabb 🗓 6 Nov | 1–2 pm 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/bette...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
📅 Save the date! 4 Dec, 1–2pm Our Dec webinar will be on improving health and care for the next generation Hear from experts on innovative, family-centred care for children with complex health needs. 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/bette...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Join us on 6 Nov (1–2pm GMT) for our next webinar: 💡 Supporting independence and dignity in advanced illness and dementia Hear new research on mobility, independence & end-of-life dementia care. 🔗 buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
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Select tickets – Supporting independence and dignity in advanced illness and dementia – Microsoft Teams
Supporting independence and dignity in advanced illness and dementia – Microsoft Teams, Thu 6 Nov 2025 - Join us for the latest session in the Better Health & Care webinar series, exploring new ap...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
King’s researchers Irene Higginson & @sbajwah.bsky.social contributed to the MABEL trial, published today in @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social, examining the role of morphine in chronic breathlessness. 🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Morphine for chronic breathlessness (MABEL) in the UK: a multi-site, parallel-group, dose titration, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
We found no evidence that morphine improves worst breathlessness intensity. Further research is needed to understand whether there is any role for morphine in chronic breathlessness, but our findings ...
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Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King's @kingsnmpc.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🏳️‍🌈 What stops LGBT+ people with advanced illness from getting the affirming care they deserve – and how can we change that? Dr Katherine Bristowe shares research & solutions at the next @kingsbetterhchub.bsky.social webinar 🗓 2 Oct | 1–2 pm www.tickettailor.com/events/bette...
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Select tickets – Inclusive approaches to supporting mental health and advanced illnesses – Microsoft Teams
Inclusive approaches to supporting mental health and advanced illnesses – Microsoft Teams, Thu 2 Oct 2025 - Join us for our latest session in the Better Health & Care webinar series, where we expl...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Better #mentalhealth and #palliativecare need inclusive, practical solutions Join us at 1 pm on 2 Oct to hear from: 👶 Iryna Culpin – on family-based interventions for parental depression 🌈 Katherine Bristowe – on LGBT+ experiences of advanced illness care 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/bette...
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Select tickets – Inclusive approaches to supporting mental health and advanced illnesses – Microsoft Teams
Inclusive approaches to supporting mental health and advanced illnesses – Microsoft Teams, Thu 2 Oct 2025 - Join us for our latest session in the Better Health & Care webinar series, where we expl...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Don't miss our next webinar exploring the ways we can support #mentalhealth and #LGBT+ people facing serious illness ❤️‍🩹🏳️‍🌈 🗓️1pm, 2 Oct 🎟️ buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
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Select tickets – Inclusive approaches to supporting mental health and advanced illnesses – Microsoft Teams
Inclusive approaches to supporting mental health and advanced illnesses – Microsoft Teams, Thu 2 Oct 2025 - Join us for our latest session in the Better Health & Care webinar series, where we expl...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
At the first Better Health & Care Summit, researchers, professionals and communities came together to explore how we can build sustainable health and care systems – from recognising the careforce to rethinking health & care systems. Read the highlights 👉 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-bet...
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Shaping the future of care at the Better Care & Health Summit 2025 | King's College London
The Better Health & Care Hub Summit 2025 explored the importance of careforce, innovation and lived experiences in shaping the NHS of the future of health and care systems.
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
👶🧩 A King’s-led project is transforming rehab for children with hemiplegia by putting parents at the centre of care. Discover the new co-designed guide supporting families from diagnosis onward. www.kcl.ac.uk/how-a-kings-...
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How a King's-led project is transforming early rehabilitation for…
Parents of children with hemiplegia often find it difficult to access clear, reliable guidance in the early stages after diagnosis. Researchers at King’s are working to change that.
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NIHR ARC East Midlands @arc-em.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
People with MLTC often face fragmented care and have many appointments – some nearly 30 in just two years. Managing multiple meds (polypharmacy) adds complexity. Learn more in our #MLTCinsights series: 📺 YouTube: youtu.be/7cdgra-Wrfk 🎧 Spotify: tinyurl.com/mtwt5ajy
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MLTC INSIGHTS | Video 1 | Defining MLTC–ARC panel on terminology, epidemiology & overcoming barriers
This panel discussion explores what “multiple long-term conditions” (MLTC) really means, why the words we use matter, and how common these conditions are. The group also talks about the main…
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Walking can be exhausting for people living with serious illnesses, and walking aids often add to the burden. Researchers from @kingsnmpc.bsky.social & @kingsnmes.bsky.social are working with patients to redesign rollators and frames that truly support independence. 📰 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/spotlig...
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Designing better mobility support for people living with advanced illness
Researchers at King’s College London are co-designing affordable, low-tech mobility devices with people with advanced illness.
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
If you are interested in hearing new research related to #T2D and #GestationalDiabetes, then don't miss out on our free webinar tomorrow at 1pm - open to all!
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
⏳ Just 1 week to go until our next webinar! Don't miss the discussion on innovative ways to support the lived experiences of people with non-type 1 diabetes. 🎟️ Register here: buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Join our next webinar sharing new approaches to diabetes care – from reducing stigma in gestational diabetes through tailored messaging, to peer-led education for young adults with type 2 diabetes. 📅 Thu 4 Sep | 1-2 pm 🔗 buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
As populations age, care systems must evolve. 👵🏽👨🏻‍🦳 In this blog, King’s Professors Matthew Maddocks & Catherine Evans share how their online MSc equips health and care professionals to lead ageing care with compassion, evidence & strategy. 👉 Read more: eu1.hubs.ly/H0mlCZ90
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Health and Care Strategies for Ageing Populations MSc: A conversation
Discover expert insights in this Q&A with King’s College London professors on how their MSc prepares professionals to lead in ageing population care.
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
How can we build more inclusive, compassionate approaches to lifelong mental health? 🧠 Join us on 2 Oct to hear about: 👨‍👩‍👧 Family dynamics & postnatal depression 🏳️‍🌈 Inclusive care for LGBT+ people with advanced illness buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Great to see King's nursing students sharing their ideas and opinions with Wes Streeting 👏 This week, they met to discuss the government's new Graduate Guarantee
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
How can we better support the health and wellbeing of people with diabetes? Join this webinar on 4 Sept to hear new approaches to: ✨ Reducing gestational diabetes stigma ✨ And co-designing support for young adults with type 2 diabetes buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
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Select tickets – Supporting the lived experiences of people with non-type 1 diabetes – Microsoft Teams
Join us for our latest session in the  Better Health & Care webinar series, where we explore innovative approaches to suppo...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The future of health & care is inclusive, sustainable and community-led. Join us 10 Sept in London for the Better Health & Care Summit. 🎟 buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
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Select tickets – Better Health & Care Summit – Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre
Join us for the Better Health & Care Summit, a half-day event exploring how we can scale inclusive, sustainable and communi...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Save the date 🗓️ Join us on 2 Oct at 1 pm for a webinar on inclusive approaches to mental health and advanced illness care. Hear from leading researchers tackling intergenerational and LGBT+ health inequalities. 🔗 buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
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Select tickets – Inclusive approaches to supporting mental health and advanced illnesses – Microsoft Teams
Join us for our latest session in the Better Health & Care webinar series, where we explore innovative approaches to suppor...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Collaboration in health research sounds great – until timelines, targets, and tensions get in the way 😅 Watch back this webinar, where Gerry McGivern takes a practical look at what helps (and hinders) real-world partnerships youtu.be/4AP6D9Y6yp0
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Collaboration in health research sounds great – until timelines, targets, and tensions get in the way 😅 Watch back this webinar, where Gerry McGivern takes a practical look at what helps (and hinders) real-world partnerships youtu.be/4AP6D9Y6yp0
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🔍 How can we better support people with type 2 and gestational diabetes – not just clinically, but emotionally, socially and long-term? Join our next webinar on 4 Sept on stigma, tailored education & the power of co-designed care 🎟 Register: buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
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Select tickets – Supporting the lived experiences of people with non-type 1 diabetes – Microsoft Teams
Join us for our latest session in the  Better Health & Care webinar series, where we explore innovative approaches to suppo...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Working together, better 💡 One of our project teams has secured new funding to further develop a practical tool that helps patients, carers, professionals & researchers co-design better healthcare services. 🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-t...
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King's team develops digital resource to support better collaboration in healthcare
An innovative digital resource is being developed to help the public, patients, carers, healthcare professionals, and researchers work better together to improve services - thanks to new funding secur...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
What really gets in the way of collaborative research? People? Timelines? Uncertainty? 🧑‍🤝‍🧑⏰❔ Join us at 1pm tomorrow to unpack these challenges – and hear how we can work together to create better health & care innovation. 🎟 buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
📢 Just two days left to register for our next webinar! Want to make research partnerships work better? Join us this Thursday to hear real-world lessons on navigating uncertainty in collaborative health research. 🗓 3 July | 🕐 1–2 PM 💻 Free and online 🎟 Sign up: buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
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Select tickets – Temporal ambiguity in inter-organisational collaboration processes – Microsoft Teams
Join us for our third session in the Better Health & Care webinar series, where we will explore the pivotal but often overl...
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Your body runs on electricity, and that data can help us better understand and prevent disease 🔌 Join us at the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering on 8 July to explore bioelectrical health data for #LondonDataWeek londondataweek.org/ldw25-events...
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