£21.7m granted to healthcare and research projects in 2024-25; investment portfolio valued at £506m at year end; endowment-backed five-year strategy (2022-2027) commits over £150m in planned investment
Key Metric 1
£4.63m awarded to establish a new centre tackling high rates of tuberculosis in East London — with potential global impact on TB diagnosis and treatment; £0.65m to introduce contact x-ray brachytherapy for rectal cancer at Barts Health (treating tumours without surgery)
Key Metric 2
£0.65m to establish a nurse-led alcohol and drug liaison service at Newham Hospital; £0.4m to study impact of air pollution in London school playgrounds on children's lung function and asthma risk; £3.6m of permanent endowment released for Fellowship programme
Key Metric 3
Funding split across research and healthcare delivery at five NHS hospitals in East London; Clinical Research Facility at The Royal London Hospital progressing — building start aimed for second half of 2025; refreshed Intellectual Property policy launched