Over the last six years, the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King’s College London has been working with Nanjing Vocational Health College (NVHC) to help build the local healthcare workforce in the Jiangsu province of China. As the world’s second-highest ranked nursing faculty (according to QS World Rankings), King's has provided the Nanjing community with high-quality education and consultancy services and broadened development opportunities for many staff members who have travelled to and from Nanjing. Since 2016, the project has provided over 800 nurses with professional development courses, 22 students have graduated from the one-year BSc Nursing programme, and 3 are currently studying for their PhD.

On Friday, 22 April, the long-standing partnership between London and Nanjing was renewed for five years and celebrated through a virtual signing ceremony. The partnership will continue to deliver a structured programme of services to the Nanjing healthcare workforce, along with opportunities for sharing best practices and providing staff and students with exchange opportunities.