INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE AND SCIENCE

That this House welcomes the establishment of the Institute of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science with the mission to improve outcomes in cardiovascular medicine; applauds the quality of the link established between Imperial College London, the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital and the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital in Broadgreen and their ambition to become a world leader in cardiovascular research by 2016, thereby improving patient outcomes through advances in prevention, diagnosis and treatment; notes that the underlying philosophy is to be academically-led but clinically-driven, providing an exciting opportunity to pool the expertise of cardiovascular clinicians from two major centres together with the international leaders in the field of cardiovascular medicine to train the next generation of specialists; is delighted that three of the four research themes are to be led by Liverpool clinicians Dr Rod Stables, Dr Derek Todd and Dr Jay Wright with Professor John Pepper leading the fourth theme at the Royal Brompton; and wishes the new Institute every success in the years ahead.