Katherine Henderson (physician)

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Katherine Henderson
NationalityBritish
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-specialtiesEmergency medicine

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.

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Early life and education

Henderson completed her medical degree at Robinson College. [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

Henderson 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 nt386 (23 June 2021). "Robinson Alumni honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours List". Robinson College. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Dr Katherine Henderson begins term as RCEM President". RCEM. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  3. "Guy's and St Thomas' doctor elected first female president of Royal College of Emergency Medicine". Southwark News. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  4. Hughes, David (26 November 2021). "Ministers warned of 'crisis in urgent and emergency care'". Evening Standard. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Ambulances forced to queue daily outside A&Es, study suggests". BBC News. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022.