New simulation centre opens at St Thomas' Hospital

The simulation centre is the newest addition to the King's Health Partners simulation programme.  The centre has innovation at its heart, and is a significant step up from the stand alone clinical skills labs.

Peter Jaye, Director of Simulation for Guy's and St Thomas', said:  "The centre's focus is to improve patient safety.  By training teams in these realistic environments we are better able to prepare them for working within the sometimes stressful circumstances they may face."

Professor Anne Greenough, Director of Education and Training of King's Health Partners said:  "Our partnership, which comprises King's College London, Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts, recognises the importance of education and training using the most innovative techniques available to us, and we are using these to training the workforce of today and the future."

The centre has been funded by investments from the London Deanery, through STeLI, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, the Guy's and St Thomas' Charity and King's College London.

The opening was featured on the ITV's London Tonight programme:  http://www.itv.com/london/stthomas---leadin49431/