Frimley, 2014-Apr-01
The King’s Fund’s Corporate Supporter programme
From April 2014, Siemens joins The King’s Fund’s Corporate Supporter programme. This programme allows businesses to support the Fund’s mission of improving health and care, and access insights from the Fund’s thought leading work.
The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve health and health care in England. Helping to shape policy and practice through research and analysis; develop individuals, teams and organisations; promote understanding of the health and social care system; and bring people together to learn, share knowledge and debate. Their vision is that the best possible care is available to all.
Siemens Healthcare is one of the world's largest suppliers to the healthcare industry and is a trendsetter in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, medical information technology and hearing aids. Siemens products and solutions extend across the care continuum from prevention and early detection to diagnosis, and on to treatment and aftercare. Through innovation and by optimising clinical workflows for the most common diseases, Siemens enables customers to deliver fast, cost-effective and high quality healthcare to improve patient outcomes.
Peter Harrison, Managing Director, Siemens Healthcare, UK and Ireland, said: “Siemens Healthcare is delighted to become a Corporate Supporter of The King’s Fund. The NHS is experiencing unprecedented challenges requiring it to evolve and adapt to changing circumstances. The King’s Fund has a long history of promoting healthy debate and informing policy discussion. This important relationship reflects our common goal to improve health and health care.”
Andrew Bickerdike, Corporate Partnerships Manager, The King’s Fund said: “We are delighted that Siemens has chosen to become a Corporate Supporter, and look forward to building a constructive relationship in the coming years.”
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Contact for journalists:
Siemens plc
Laura Bennett, phone: 01276 696374
E-mail: laura.bennett@siemens.com
The Siemens Healthcare Sector is one of the world's largest suppliers to the healthcare industry and a trendsetter in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, medical information technology and hearing aids. Siemens offers its customers products and solutions for the entire range of patient care from a single source – from prevention and early detection to diagnosis, and on to treatment and aftercare. By optimising clinical workflows for the most common diseases, Siemens also makes healthcare faster, better and more cost-effective. Siemens Healthcare employs some 51,000 employees worldwide and operates around the world. For further information please visit: http://www.siemens.co.uk/healthcare.
The King’s Fund is independent, and all partnerships are governed by an Ethical Partnerships Policy to ensure there are no conflicts of interest which cannot be safely managed.
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/about-us/working-with-businesses/ethical-policy
