Wards A - C
This page gives you a quick guide to the wards at King's including a list of key information and contacts. Please note that due to infection control issues flowers are not allowed on any wards apart from Guthrie.
Please do not bring in valuable, jewellery or large sums of money. If you must bring them with you then please keep them with you at all times. The Trust cannot accept liability for the loss of items.
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This ward has a Hospicom entertainment system (Pay as you go access to TV, radio, web and phone services) |
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You are allowed to bring your own laptops to the ward |
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You are allowed to use mobile phones on the ward |
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Pay as you go wifi is available on the ward |
Adult Cystic Fibrosis Unit
| Tel | +44 (0)20 3299 1360 |
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| Visiting Times | 2-8pm |
| Maximum Visitors | 2 |
| Location | Sixth floor, Ruskin Wing, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS |
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| Ward Manager | Joanna Perry |
The Adult Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Unit is part of King's Adult CF Service and provides specialist inpatient care.
It is on Byron Ward and has nine single rooms with single-sex bathroom facilities as well as a treatment room for patients having annual reviews or day care.
Protected mealtime: 12-2pm
Annie Zunz Ward
| Tel | +44 (0)20 3299 3437 |
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| Visiting Times | 2-8pm |
| Maximum Visitors | 3 |
| Location | First floor, Cheyne Wing, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS |
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| Ward Manager | Sonia Adams |
Annie Zunz Ward cares for patients with endocrinological conditions such as diabetes. It has 28 beds and offers single-sex accommodation, bathroom and toilet facilities.
It was opened in 1913 and is named after Annie Zunz, the widow of a German merchant who lived in London. In 1912 King's received £10,000 from the trustees of the Annie Zunz Bequest on condition a ward was named after her.
Protected mealtime: 12-2pm
Brunel Ward
| Tel | +44 (0)20 3299 3077 |
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| Visiting Times | 2-8pm |
| Maximum Visitors | 2 |
| Location | Second floor, Guthrie Wing, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS |
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| Ward Manager | Claire Morais |
Brunel Ward treats patients who are having planned orthopaedic or maxillofacial (mouth, jaw, face, skull or neck) surgery. It has 22 beds and offers single-sex accommodation, bathroom and toilet facilities. All patients admitted to this ward are first screened for MRSA.
It is named after Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. His first notable achievement was as resident engineer of the Thames Tunnel, from Rotherhithe to Wapping, designed by his father Marc and completed in 1843.
Protected mealtime: 12-2pm
Byron Ward
| Tel | +44 (0)20 3299 6166 |
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| Visiting Times | 2-8pm |
| Maximum Visitors | 2 |
| Location | Sixth floor, Ruskin Wing, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS |
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Byron Ward is part of the Health and Ageing Unit and specialises in assessing, treating and rehabilitating frail older people. Staff have particular expertise in managing patients with fractures and who have had falls.
It has 19 beds and offers single-sex accommodation, bathroom and toilet facilities.
The ward is named after the poet, Lord Byron (1788-1824), who was educated at a school in Dulwich.
Protected mealtime: 12-2pm
Cheere Ward
| Tel | +44 (0)20 3299 3859 |
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| Visiting Times | 2-8pm |
| Maximum Visitors | 3 |
| Location | First floor, Cheyne Wing, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS |
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Cheere Ward cares for patients with renal (kidney) problems. It has 14 beds and offers single-sex accommodation, bathroom and toilet facilities.
It is named after Robert Cheere, who was a member of the first Committee of Management at King's, and the hospital’s Vice President (1858) and Treasurer (1873-74). After his death in 1876, his friends made a generous donation which enabled the hospital to open a convalescent home in Hemel Hampstead.
Protected mealtime: 12-2pm
Christine Brown Ward
| Tel | +44 (0)20 3299 8434 |
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| Visiting Times | 2-8pm |
| Maximum Visitors | 2 |
| Location | Second floor, Golden Jubilee Wing, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS |
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Christine Brown Ward treats patients who have been admitted for urgent surgery. It has 31 beds and offers single-sex accommodation, bathroom and toilet facilities.
It is named after Christine Brown OBE, who was Chief Nursing Officer at King's from 1970-1982 and president of the hospital's Nurses League from 1970 -1990.
Protected mealtime: 12-2pm
Cotton Ward
| Tel | +44 (0)20 3299 3318 |
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| Visiting Times | 2-8pm |
| Maximum Visitors | 2 |
| Location | First floor, Cheyne Wing, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS |
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| Ward Manager | Rachel Burgess |
Cotton Ward treats patients with vascular, circulatory or hepatobiliary (liver and gall bladder) conditions. It has 26 beds and offers single-sex accommodation, bathroom and toilet facilities.
It is named after Mr Leonard Cotton, a Consultant Vascular Surgeon who worked at King's from 1957-1987. He was Dean of King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry 1984-87. The ward first opened in 1866, when it was called Pantia Ralli Ward. It was renamed in April 2000.
Protected mealtime: 12-2pm