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...re workforce, health sector reform and patient outcomes, nursing history and policy analysis. Dr Rafferty is a keen on racquet sports and enjoys opera and the theatre. Notes to Editors Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery has played a leading role in healthcare education and research since its foundation in 1860. It brings together expertise in research, teaching and practice development, and its close links with the major teaching hospitals and NHS Trusts of central and south London ensure teaching programmes reflect the changing environment in which healthcare is delivered. The standard of excellence promoted within the School has this year been exemplified by a number of awards given to staff and students, including the Nursing Standard ‘Nurse of the Year’ Highly Commended title and the Excellence in Teaching Award 2003/4. 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What's On Inaugural Lecture: Getting a head Open Day: A demonstration of Alzheimer's disease research Film: The Piano GL Brown Prize Lecture: Body maintenance and repair Inaugural Lecture: Defending the West more events info... Accessibility Contact Feedback Search Terms of use Text only News highlights News highlights Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases opened 9 November 2004 PR63/04 The numbers of people suffering from stroke and dementia continue to rise as the population of the UK ages, but at present our ability to repair a damaged brain is limited. Now a new centre at King’s College London brings leading clinical researchers and basic scientists under one roof, with the aim of developing treatments for age-related diseases. The Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, opened by HRH The Princess Royal on 9 November 2004, houses world experts in brain development, stem cells, neurodegenerative diseases, and brain repair. Working together and sharing their expertise will help the researchers to answer more complex questions about dementia, Parkinson’s and stroke, and enable research findings to be more rapidly translated into therapies. Professor Patrick Doherty, Head and co-Director of the Wolfson Centre is excited about what the new centre could achieve. ‘We have assembled a team of outstanding scientists who on their own might have had some impact on this problem; but by working together we aim to make a substantial difference,’ he said. Professor Clive Ballard, co-Director of the Centre explained why this centre is so important: ‘Neurodegenerative diseases are a major problem in this aging society. In the UK alone, over 700,000 people are suffering from dementia. Many of the current treatments only control the symptoms of t...