Novacare Hospital Islamabad is an affiliate of
Imperial College Healthcare.
Through our affiliation, Novacare Hospital benefits
from accessing knowledge and expertise from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, a leading UK teaching hospital Trust.
Overview of our international affiliation
Expert multidisciplinary teams from Imperial College Healthcare will work with Novacare Hospital to complement and develop patient care, by advancing clinical services and providing a managed complex overseas referral service to Imperial College Healthcare Private Care in London.
In addition to the reassurance of knowing that their Novacare hospital has access to bespoke training and education services from Imperial College Healthcare, patients at Novacare Hospital will be able to benefit in many ways from the International Affiliate Network.
Doctors from Novacare Hospital Islamabad will have direct relationships with doctors at Imperial College Healthcare Private Care, with the ability to arrange seamless transfers to and from their London facilities if complex care is needed.
This integrated care between Imperial College Healthcare Private Care and Novacare Hospital makes inevitably challenging experiences as straightforward as possible for patients.
Patients will also be able to access discounted second opinions from over 500 leading consultants offering private care at Imperial College Healthcare, and reduced hospital self-pay tariffs at Imperial College Healthcare Private Care. With permission, patients and their doctors will be able to access their medical records with Imperial College Healthcare via a secure online portal.
Key elements of scope & value addition
Design & Planning
Imperial College Healthcare will provide expert advisory input into the design and planning of the Novacare Hospital facilities including clinical services, architectural design, medical equipment, technology & systems, and staffing.
Quality & Governance
Imperial College Healthcare experts will conduct an annual clinical quality & safety peer review at Novacare Hospital, using the UK’s standards as a framework. The advisory recommendations from the peer review will be reported directly to the Novacare Board of Directors and used to inform future education, training and knowledge transfer between our hospitals.
Standards & Protocols
Novacare Hospital will have access to off-the-shelf protocols, guidelines, and clinical standard operating procedures as are followed across Imperial College Healthcare hospitals in London. Novacare Hospitals intends to follow these with tailoring & adaptation to the local context in Pakistan.
Training & Collaboration
Novacare Hospital and Imperial College Healthcare intend to establish cooperation and connectivity across London and Pakistan teams including clinical observerships (in both directions), expert input to develop & deepen clinical services, and continuous medical & nursing education.
Integrated Patient Care
Seamless patient care for patients across Islamabad and London, including access for our Doctors to request specialist clinical advise and second opinions with Consultants based at private care services at Imperial College Healthcare London, alongside an integrated patient referral pathway to London at discounted rates, with pre and post-operative care in Pakistan.
Marketing & Promotion
Joint marketing activities across private care services at Imperial College Healthcare and Novacare Hospitals, including the use of International Affliation Network brand, underscoring that Novacare Hospitals is part of an aspirational set of healthcare organizations, working to improve patient care.
About Imperial College Healthcare
Imperial College Healthcare has a global International Affiliate Network of aspirational healthcare organisations like Novacare Hospital, working collaboratively with Imperial College Healthcare Private Care to improve patient care.
Imperial College Healthcare Private Care forms part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, one of the largest teaching hospital groups in the UK, with five hospitals across central and west London, including the Charing Cross, Hammersmith and the Western Eye hospitals and the flagship private facility, The Lindo Wing, at St Mary’s Hospital.
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has a global reputation for excellence in care, research and education. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College London run the NHS’s biggest biomedical research centre, benefiting from national funding in the latest five-year programme.
This brings benefit for all patients at Imperial College Healthcare and contributes to knowledge and innovation across the world.
