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National University Health System
The National University Health System (NUHS) is an integrated Academic Health System and Regional Health System in Singapore that delivers value-driven, innovative and sustainable healthcare. Throughout the history of our institutions, our staff has worked across the health system to advance the tripartite missions of achieving clinical excellence, developing the next generation of healthcare professionals, and changing the natural history of chronic diseases through research. At NUHS, we leverage our unique position as an academic health system to tap on the wealth of resources residing within the whole of the National University of Singapore (NUS). Through collaborations with NUS faculties, we are able to draw upon their academic, research and creative capabilities to develop solutions for existing and emerging health and healthcare needs of the Singapore population. As part of our regional health system responsibility, we work in close collaboration with community hospitals, general practitioners, family medicine clinics, nursing homes and other community and social partners to provide integrated care to the community. Institutions in the NUHS group include four tertiary, acute and community hospitals :
National University Hospital (NUH)
Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH)
Jurong Community Hospital (JCH)
Alexandra Hospital (AH)
Three National Specialty Centres:
National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS)
National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS)
National University Centre for Oral Health, Singapore (NUCOHS)
A polyclinic group:
National University Polyclinics (NUP)
One medical centre :
Jurong Medical Centre
Three academic health sciences institutions:
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
(including the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies)
NUS Faculty of Dentistry
NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
With member institutions under one academic health system, NUHS creates synergies as a fully integrated cluster to provide seamless care from prevention to home care, and with our academic institutions, to continue to develop solutions for Singaporeโs healthcare challenges, and nurture the next generation of healthcare professionals.
At NUHS, Group Chief Scientist Prof Chng Wee Joo bridges the lab and the clinicโturning molecular discoveries into real-world treatments and advancing precision cancer care. From predictive models to targeted trials, his work helps ensure the right patients get the right therapies.
After the Christmas and New Year feasts, whatโs next for your body? ๐ฝ๏ธ
Mr Ng Hi Ming, Senior Dietitian, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (JurongHealth Campus), explains common post-feast body responses and how to gently reset eating habits before the next round of festivities.
Closing out 2025 with big thanks to the people who keep NUHS running ๐โจ Canโt wait to meet even more inspiring individuals in 2026!
30/12/2025
Our clinicians are using AI to detect early signs of cognitive decline by analysing subtle changes in speech, brain scans and behaviour, often before theyโre visible to the human eye. Evidence shows that up to 40% of dementia cases could potentially be delayed or prevented by addressing modifiable risk factors such as blood pressure, diabetes, sleep, exercise, hearing health and social engagement.
With growing public awareness, more people are seeking help earlier. At the same time, increasingly complex symptoms, especially among seniors living alone, make early, accurate diagnosis more important than ever.
The truth comes out... and we regret asking. ๐ Just kidding (we think). Thank you to all our amazing healthcare professionals for appearing in our videos; we'll find you... again.๐
Great experiences โ Lasting memories โ Photos โ
Mood? Empty and low-key depressed ๐ถโ๐ซ๏ธ
Mr Loo Wee Shyon, Senior Clinical Psychologist at National University Polyclinics, shares why this post-holiday emotional dip happens and why itโs more common than you think: https://for.sg/nuhsplus-post-vacation-blues
26/12/2025
New research from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine suggests that methylene blue could play a key role in reducing brain damage caused by cerebral malaria.
Beyond this potential treatment, Asst Prof Benoit Malleret from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Immunology Translational Research Programme (TRP) at NUS Medicine and his team identified a consistent "biomarker signature" in the blood. This discovery points toward the development of a simple blood test that could give healthcare providers a vital head start, allowing them to begin treatment sooner and choose the best care plan for each patient.
This study, published in Nature Communications, is a significant step forward in our mission to turn lab discoveries into real-world health solutions. ๐ฌโจ
This Christmas, hope arrived in the most extraordinary way. ๐โค๏ธ
Diagnosed with kidney disease at just 17, Mr Goh waited nearly 50 years for a second chance at life. On Christmas Eve, that gift came through the selfless generosity of a stranger who gave him a renewed future.
From years of care to a transplant carried out in the quiet hours of the night, and through recovery beyond, the National University Centre for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT), National University Hospital - NUH team walked alongside him every step of the way.
This season, we are reminded that the greatest gifts are not wrapped but given from the heart.
๐๐ There are lots to celebrate this festive season - our shared commitment to care and compassion that brings us together! Wishing all our patients, staff, and community a wonderful Christmas filled with love, joy, and peace. โจ
22/12/2025
๐ฉบ It's important that he said "yes"... to performing robotic-assisted thoracic surgery.
๐Featuring Dr Lowell Leow, Consultant, Thoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, NUHCS - National University Heart Centre, Singapore - read about how robotics is reshaping the future of chest surgery, on NUHS+:
โ https://for.sg/nuhsplus-roboticsurgery
New studies by NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and National University Hospital - NUH reveal that many women in Singapore with PCOS have milder subtypes linked to better reproductive outcomes โ including longer egg reserves and higher assisted pregnancy rates at older ages.
Published in Nature Medicine and Human Reproduction Open, these findings challenge long-held assumptions about PCOS and fertility.
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The National University Health System (NUHS) is an integrated Academic Health System and Regional Health System in Singapore that delivers value-driven, innovative and sustainable healthcare.
Throughout the history of our institutions, our staff has worked across the health system to advance the tripartite missions of achieving clinical excellence, developing the next generation of healthcare professionals, and changing the natural history of chronic diseases through research.
At NUHS, we leverage our unique position as an academic health system to tap on the wealth of resources residing within the whole of the National University of Singapore (NUS). Through collaborations with NUS faculties, we are able to draw upon their academic, research and creative capabilities to develop solutions for existing and emerging health and healthcare needs of the Singapore population.
As part of our regional health system responsibility, we work in close collaboration with community hospitals, general practitioners, family medicine clinics, nursing homes and other community and social partners to provide integrated care to the community.
Institutions in the NUHS group include tertiary, acute and community hospitals - National University Hospital (NUH), Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Jurong Community Hospital and Alexandra Hospital (2018); National Specialty Centres - National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS), National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS) and National University Centre for Oral Health, Singapore (NUCOHS) (2019); a polyclinic group - the National University Polyclinics (NUP); a medical centre โ Jurong Medical Centre; and academic health sciences institutions โ NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (including the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies), NUS Faculty of Dentistry and NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.
With member institutions under one academic health system, NUHS creates synergies as a fully integrated cluster to provide seamless care from prevention to home care, and with our academic institutions, to continue to develop solutions for Singaporeโs healthcare challenges, and nurture the next generation of healthcare professionals.
