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03 Welcome 04 “I’ve grown so much here” 06 Networking for change 08 Happier teams for better patient care 10 Improving medical training for doctors 12 Getting to the Source of the problem 13 The power of positivity


14 Expanding research opportunities beyond medicine


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15 Tweeting thanks and Then & now 16 What’s on? 17 Charity column 18 All in a day’s work 19 Explainer: Freedom to speak up guardians


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Design: Artful Dog Publishing Photography: The Photo Unit pages 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 20. Trust communications team pages 18, 19. Trust staff pages 6 and 7. Imperial College London page 2. Imperial College London/Fergus Burnett page 14. Imperial Health Charity page 17.


View the digital edition online at www.imperial.nhs.uk/pulse


Start your research journey here


Interested in developing your research skills and making a difference to patients? Apply for a research fellowship funded jointly by Imperial Health Charity and the NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre.


Support of up to £65,000 is available for staff from medical and non-medical backgrounds who have a research proposal that will make an impact on patient care within the Trust, surrounding communities and the wider NHS.


Apply between 1 October 2018 and 31 January 2019. Call 020 3857 9847 or visit


www.imperialcharity.org.uk/grants/research-fellowships 2 /Pulse www.imperial.nhs.uk


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