Katherine Henderson MBE is a British medical doctor who is a consultant in Emergency Medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. She is the President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
Katherine Henderson | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Robinson College, Cambridge |
| Medical career | |
| Institutions | Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Homerton University Hospital |
| Sub-specialties | Emergency medicine |
Early life and education
editHenderson completed her medical degree at Robinson College, Cambridge.[1] She moved to Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry for her specialty training, where she worked in clinical medicine.[citation needed]
Research and career
editHenderson started her career at the Homerton University Hospital. In 2006, she joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. She was appointed Clinical Lead in 2012.[citation needed]
In 2019, Henderson was the first woman elected President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.[2][3] She planned to use her presidency to make emergency medicine a sustainable career, and ensure that no patients had to experience long wait times.[2] Her presidency coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic, and Henderson had to switch her focus to the ongoing crisis.[4][5] She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the National Health Service in the 2021 Birthday Honours.[1] Later that year, Henderson highlighted the experience that healthcare workers were facing during the pandemic.[5] She explained that staff had been violently threatened, and that some senior nurses wore body cameras to record incidents.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b nt386 (23 June 2021). "Robinson Alumni honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours List". Robinson College. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Dr Katherine Henderson begins term as RCEM President". RCEM. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Guy's and St Thomas' doctor elected first female president of Royal College of Emergency Medicine". Southwark News. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Hughes, David (26 November 2021). "Ministers warned of 'crisis in urgent and emergency care'". Evening Standard. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "Ambulances forced to queue daily outside A&Es, study suggests". BBC News. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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