Milestones, Achievements & Awards

2023/10/31

Mar 2024
1. 30 Mar 2024
  National University Spine Institute (NUSI)
  
  NUHS launches the National University Spine Institute (NUSI) with the 1st NUSI Public Symposium. NUSI provides the full spectrum of care, from pain management to rehabilitation medicine, and the latest in minimally invasive, navigation, robotic spine surgery as well as complex surgical techniques for the treatment of scoliosis, spinal tumours, degenerative spine disorders and spinal trauma.
Feb 2024
1. 24 Feb 2024
  Inaugural NUHS Caregivers' Day 2024
  
  NUHS celebrated its inaugural NUHS Caregivers’ Day with over a hundred caregivers and nine of our community partners to honour the courage, compassion and resilience of all caregivers.
  
  NUHS also celebrated eight exemplary caregivers, who received the NUHS Caregiver Award. Nominated by our healthcare team across our various institutions, these inspiring individuals were recognised for going above and beyond their role as caregivers, and who continues to inspire us with their dedication and commitment in caring for their loved ones.
Jan 2024
1. 30 Jan 2024
  NUHS Ranked 9th World's Strongest Academic Medical Centre Brand in AMC 250 Report by Brand Finance
  
  NUHS jumped 25 places to clinch a spot in the coveted top 10 global ranking, as the 9th most reputable Academic Medical Centre (AMC) in the 'Brand Finance AMC 250 2024 Report', that conducted research into the perceptions of AMC brands worldwide.
2. Best Employee Engagement Initiative (GOLD)
  
  This category lauds organisations that have profoundly engaged its workforce, conceived and executed remarkable initiatives.
3. 01 Jan 2024
  Brand Finance Global Top 250 Hospitals
  
  Brand Finance Global Top 250 Hospitals ranks the most reputable Academic Medical Centres (AMCs) in the world. The research study into the brand strength of the world's top AMCs, undertaken by Brand Finance, the world’s leading brand valuation consultancy, incorporates all factors that reflect the development of an AMC brand, the perceptions of key stakeholders, and the benefits that a strong brand brings to the organisation.
4. Best In-House Learning Academy (Bronze)
  
  An in-house learning academy today is no longer just a physical learning space, but rather a library of content that organisations provide their employees. Winners in this category must demonstrate their expertise in building a sound infrastructure that enables functional, technical and business learning.
Nov 2023
1. 30 Nov 2023
  NUHS Green Plan Roadmap Dovetails with NParks’ Efforts to Plant One Million Trees in Singapore by 2030
  
  As part of efforts to support the NUHS Green Plan Roadmap, NUHS planted 20 trees across four NUHS sites – Kent Ridge Campus, JurongHealth Campus, Alexandra Campus and Choa Chu Kang Polyclinic. By 2030, NUHS plan to plant a total of 10,000 trees across our campuses to support NParks’ effort to plant one million trees in Singapore.
2. 08 Nov 2023
  NUHS Launches Singapore’s Large-scale Nose Cancer Screening Research Study in the Community
  
  The study, led by institutions under the NUHS, aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) screening to detect early-stage nasopharyngeal cancer and enhance risk prediction. The study, which is currently conducted in Jurong and Pioneer Polyclinics, will be extended to Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang and Clementi Polyclinics.
Sep 2023
1. 27 Sep 2023
  NUHS Participates in Project RESET, a Nationwide Preventive Heart Health Study
  
  With the number of heart attacks in Singapore projected to rise nearly three-fold to 1,418 per 100,000 population in 2050, NUHS will be a participating healthcare institution of Project RESET, which is a heart health study that seeks to identify and implement the best ways to tackle heart disease in Singapore. This project is supported by a newly awarded S$25 million grant from the National Research Foundation, Singapore and the Singapore Ministry of Health’s National Medical Research Council.
2. 22 Sep 2023
  Inaugural Family-Centred Care Conference 2023
  
  Themed ‘Advancing Family-Centred Care, Together’, the Inaugural Family-Centred Care Conference 2023 was organised in collaboration with Ronald McDonald House to help health and social care sectors collaborate and integrate better to further strengthen support for families at risk.
Aug 2023
1. 22 Aug 2023
  NUHS Launches Singapore’s First Supercomputer Dedicated to Healthcare and Medical Research
  
  NUHS launched Singapore’s first supercomputer dedicated to healthcare and medical research to supercharge the cluster’s AI projects and enable new capabilities such as genomics, digital imaging, robotics and language models.
2. 10 Aug 2023
  New NUHS Academy Launched to Provide Upskilling and Reskilling Programmes to Healthcare Staff
  
  NUHS Academy, established through a tripartite collaboration with the Healthcare Services Employees’ Union (HSEU), NTUC LearningHub and NTUC’s e2i (Employment and Employability Institute), is the first healthcare academy within a public healthcare cluster to provide training opportunities to all job groups. The Academy consists of four centres – Centre for Medical Excellence, Centre for Nursing Excellence, Centre for Allied Health Excellence and the Centre for Leadership & Workforce Excellence, which will offer a diverse range of career and learning pathways, skills frameworks and capability programmes to facilitate the upskilling of the various healthcare professional job families.

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