Emirates Health Services explores strategic partnership with King’s College Hospital London - Dubai to advance specialized healthcare fields
Emirates Health Services (EHS) explored opportunities for collaboration with King’s College Hospital London - Dubai across various healthcare fields, in line with its strategic direction to develop advanced specialized healthcare models, ensure their sustainability, and strengthen cooperation with leading medical institutions.
These efforts aim to enhance the quality of treatment services, elevate patient experience, and provide a safe healthcare environment that prioritizes people’s wellbeing and strengthens public trust in the sector, which, in turn, reinforces the UAE’s position as an advanced destination for highly specialized healthcare.
The discussion took place during a meeting between H.E. Dr. Yousif Mohamed Al Serkal, Director General of EHS and Deputy Chairman of its Board of Directors, and H.E. Mohammed Saeed Al Raqbani, General Manager of Dubai Investments Industries and Meshari, subsidiaries of Dubai Investments PJSC, and Board Vice Chairman of King’s College Hospital London - Dubai.
The meeting was also attended by the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer Ms. Kimberley Pierce and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tashfeen Ali, along with Dr Siddiq Anwar, Consultant Nephrologist at the hospital.
Discussions at the meeting explored prospects for cooperation in the healthcare sector, opportunities to benefit from each side’s clinical and specialised expertise, and the role of exchanging knowledge and practical experience in building more integrated and efficient treatment pathways. Talks also covered ways to support medical capabilities and enhance integration among healthcare providers, in a manner that reflects positively on the quality of services provided to patients and promotes a healthcare approach founded on innovation, knowledge, and partnership.
H.E. Al Serkal affirmed that developing specialized healthcare services is a key pillar of EHS’s efforts to build a more prepared, efficient, and sustainable healthcare system. He noted that partnerships with leading medical institutions help broaden opportunities for knowledge transfer, develop national expertise, adopt international best practices in precision treatment fields, and drive optimal investment in advanced technology.
His Excellency expressed his appreciation for this cooperation, affirming that it represents a significant step towards strengthening research and innovation, as well as exchanging medical knowledge and expertise, thereby contributing to the development of innovative treatment methods and practices, elevating the quality of healthcare services, and delivering comprehensive, advanced care that meets patients’ needs and aspirations.
This, he noted, aligns with the directives of the UAE Government and its wise leadership, as well as with EHS’s own strategies, which are aimed at providing distinguished, innovative, and high-quality healthcare services that meet the needs of various segments of society, in accordance with international best practices and standards, further enhancing EHS’s standing and leading role at the local, regional, and international levels.
For his part, H.E. Mohammed Saeed Al Raqbani affirmed that expanding cooperation between the public and private sectors is an important driver of healthcare development and efficiency, noting that partnerships, particularly with leading entities such as EHS, help align efforts, integrate expertise, and create broader opportunities to develop advanced care models in specialized medical fields.
Such partnerships, he explained, enable the exchange of medical expertise and the use of both parties’ specialised capabilities, thereby enhancing the quality of healthcare services and supporting the UAE’s aspirations to deliver advanced, patient-centred treatment services based on the highest standards of quality and safety.
Emirates Health Services remains committed to expanding its network of partnerships with leading local and international healthcare institutions, while investing in specialized knowledge and expertise to develop more integrated and sustainable healthcare services.
The partnership with King’s College Hospital London - Dubai offers an advanced model for partnerships that support the establishment of an advanced healthcare system that is founded on innovation and integration, and places human health and wellbeing at the forefront of its priorities.
