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King’s College Hospital Clinic Abu Dhabi
Opening a brand new hospital clinic in Abu Dhabi is a challenge, but with the world-class reputation, knowledge and experience of King’s College London behind the project, it can be a growing success says Eileen Lock, Clinic Director at King’s College Hospital Clinic Abu Dhabi
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ing’s College London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching hospitals, with a unique profile and an international reputation across a range of
disciplines. In October 2014, King’s decided to utilise this reputation by opening a health clinic in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, its first site outside of the UK. The site aims to provide high quality and cutting edge healthcare, and specialises in gynaecology, foetal medicine, paediatric, gastroenterology, as well as family and internal medicines. Starting a brand new health clinic anywhere in
the world does not come without its challenges, but these challenges are especially acute when the new site is so far from the original. “King’s College Hospital’s reputation has been
crucial,” says Eileen Lock, the Abu Dhabi clinic director. “I think a lot of people use our clinic because they know and trust the brand of King’s in London. The local patients might not have any understanding of the setup of the NHS, but they know the healthcare in England is high quality, cutting edge and can be trusted.”
Local collaboration There is still, of course, a degree of local collaboration because in the UAE you cannot start a business without a local sponsor. King’s has three local partners that have assisted with setting up the clinic and establishing itself in the UAE. Eileen Lock was in the advanced party that came
to the UAE a year ago to begin organising the project, and she highlights just how far the clinic has developed in such a short time. “When I first arrived here there were problems with construction, so there was no office space. We had to have our initial meetings in coffee shops until we were able to get office space from one of our sponsors, and use their meeting rooms twice a week to brief the handful of staff we initially had.”
EILEEN LOCK
Eileen trained as a nurse in London. She has held a number of nursing posts in hospitals across London up to Director of Nursing. She has Secondary care background in surgery and ambulatory care. Eileen
undertook a degree in Healthcare management working in management posts both in the NHS and the private sector, and was previously a Director of Harmoni, the largest out of hour urgent Primary care provider in the UK. Harmon was bought by Care Uk in 2012 .
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