Charles Knight OBE
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Chief Executive, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Consultant Cardiologist, Professor of Cardiology, Barts Health NHS Trust.
Joined January 2016
So thrilling when a clinical trial reverses "conventional wisdom" -- a perfect example here.
DECAF trial: continued consumption of caffeinated coffee was associated with a 39% lower risk of AF/AFL recurrence at 6 months after cardioversion vs. abstinence from coffee. View the slides here: https://t.co/zHib2T5gL0
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Combined Adaptive Immune Mechanisms Mediate Cardiac Injury After COVID-19 Vaccination - Prof Mohiddin and Prof Marelli-Berg https://t.co/ixoZZKizhJ
@mohiddinsam @dr_woldman @mdstbarts @KSavvatis @BartsIntervGrp @NHSBartsHealth
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BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has led to the first approval of mRNA vaccines in humans. By producing the full-length SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein, they induce protective...
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East London is to get its own dedicated breast cancer centre of excellence when two hospital buildings are returned to NHS use next year. https://t.co/Swts0eKurz
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🏆 Our family liaison nurse initiative at Whipps Cross Hospital has won a Nursing Times Award! In partnership with North East London ICB, it’s helping reduce repeat paediatric ED visits by 66%. 💙 🔗 Find out more: https://t.co/Kv8huwLCRz
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The monumental religious paintings Hogarth made for St Bartholomew’s Hospital, which have recently been restored, reveal the satirist’s excellent bedside manner, writes Kirsten Tambling
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City planning officers have been working collaboratively with the @BartsHeritage project team to repair and revive St Bartholomew's Hospital, including its ceremonial centrepiece designed by James Gibbs. Read more here: https://t.co/py9fzn7Usd
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Happy #PharmacyTechniciansDay! Grateful to our brilliant pharmacy technicians who support medicines safety, patient care every day. You make the difference 💙 #TeamBartsHealth #Pharmacy @NHSBartsHealth @mdstbarts @Ral_sez @BHCpharmacy
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Tributes paid to a giant of journalism as Express legend Martin Townsend dies
express.co.uk
Martin Townsend has died aged 65.
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Journalism has lost a giant and a gentleman. I have lost a dear friend and mentor, to whom I owe so much. Those who knew Martin Townsend will remember him as a creative genius, a maverick editor, and an unparalleled scoop-getter. He also wrote like a dream. He cared deeply about
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Delighted to share the excellent results of our @NHSBartsHealth #RelaxedK+ QI project at #EACTS2025 A great example of translating research into clinical practice @mdstbarts @CNOCorser @heatherat160 @NIHRresearch
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Thank you to @sphilpott72 for my flu vaccine. Painless and quick. Make sure to get protected. #flucampaign2025 #knockouttheflu @NHSBartsHealth @CNOCorser
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@mdstbarts @BartsEcho @echonepean Thank you. We wouldn’t be able to do this without your support- and you putting together an institution of amazing clinician educators who supported this- Carlos Corredor, Sue Wright, Alexa Bond, Stephen Shepherd, @GomorraDoc, and so many others.
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Once again @mdstbarts’s vision of a centre of excellence is demonstrated. This weekend @BartsEcho and @echonepean put on a 3 Day Advanced Critical Care Echo course featuring some of the best educators in the world. Incredible candidates and faculty.
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A real highlight of the week returning to the Royal London Hospital @NHSBartsHealth to teach on the Nurse One Trauma Course The RLH is a remarkable place, where we have established a U.K. first trauma VA ECMO programme for patients with cardiogenic shock following critical
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Hearty congratulations to @bishopSarahM as she becomes our new Archbishop of Canterbury. I really wish her all the luck in the world as she takes the tiller to steer our rickety ark in the very stormy seas of church and world politics. With trust between congregations and the
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Ping @mdstbarts Thank you for giving our ECMO team the opportunity to share our passion.
Thank you @Medtronic for supporting our @NHSBartsHealth ECMO course with their excellent new simulation centre. I call it the ECMOBus. 🎵the ECMO Bus is coming 🎵
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⭐️ We're pleased to confirm the successful applicants for the 2025 BCS @ACCVirginia Imaging Fellowships ⭐️ In November, they'll be heading to Washington, DC, USA to undertake a week-long fellowship experiencing the American healthcare landscape, an imaging rotation (MRI, CT and
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A real privilege to do the first Harmony cases at Barts, a new technology to help intervene upon large pulmonary annulus patients who previously often had to have re-do surgery. Two successful cases completed and more in the pipeline. Many thanks to Violaine Carlier Fouquet
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Welcome to "THE FORUM - Reflections of Major Trauma Care & Human Factors" with Lt. Col. Dr.Jey Jeyanathan, OBE, Defence Consultant Advisor - British Armed Forces - 29th September @NHSBartsHealth . 💫 https://t.co/ofG6xZPwZQ
@DrMartinLees @mdstbarts
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Leadership, Innovation & Critical Care at the Frontline- with Lt Col Dr. Jeyasankar “Jey” Jeyanathan OBE
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#PatientSafetyDay We are displaying a pledge wall as part of our commitment to patient safety. #PatientSafety @NHSBartsHealth @mdstbarts @DrZiemniak @mari_sha40 @shanedegaris @SarahE_NHS
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