I am proud to announce the NIHR Cardiovascular and Respiratory HealthTech Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College London. With the infrastructure provided by the centre, we will support the development of new technologies, growing health-tech in the UK and helping people live more independent and healthier lives for longer.

Amedeo Chiribiri, consultant cardiologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’, professor of cardiovascular imaging at King’s College London, and HRC co-director.

Building on the extensive expertise in the management of cardiovascular diseases, respiratory conditions, biomedical and clinical engineering, we are able to offer a centre based in the heart of London but with national remit, that will foster and accelerate the translation to bedside of new promising technologies for the benefit of patients, the NHS, and the British economy.

Miss Rachel Clough, consultant vascular surgeon and clinical senior lecturer in surgical and interventional engineering at King’s College London, and HRC co-director.

Only a handful of life-saving innovations make it to the patient bedside due to the complexities of bringing medical technology innovations to market. By collocating critical stakeholders within LIHE's dedicated physical space side by side to our University and Hospital, we are giving innovations the best chance of making a real impact, at pace.

Professor Sebastien Ourselin FREng FMedSci, Director of LIHE and Head of the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences.