Wards M - O
Norovirus Visiting Restrictions: To help prevent the spread of norovirus in the hospital please stay at home if:
- You have had symptoms of diarrhoea and/or vomiting (do not visit until 48 hours after they have cleared)
- You are aged 16 and under (except in exceptional circumstances)
All wards provide single-sex accommodation, bathroom and toilet facilities and all patients admitted to wards are first screened for MRSA.
Flowers are not allowed on any wards due to infection control issues. Please do not bring in valuable items (eg laptops, mobile phones, 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. Please read our section on security for more advice on how to keep your valuables safe.
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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 |
Marjory Warren Ward
| Tel | +44 (0)20 3299 3301 |
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| Visiting Times | 2-8pm |
| Maximum Visitors | 2 |
| Location | Seventh floor, Ruskin Wing, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS |
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Marjory Warren Ward has 30 beds and is part of the Health and Ageing Unit. The ward assesses, treats and rehabilitates frail older people, particularly those with dementia and delirium.
It is a specially designed 'sensory' ward which provides a friendlier and more relaxing environment for patients.
The ward is named after Dr Marjory Warren (1897 - 1960), a surgeon who pioneered specialist healthcare for elderly patients.
Protected mealtime: 12-1.30pm
Mary Ray Ward
| Tel | +44 (0)20 3299 3912 |
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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 | Cecilia Shonge |
Mary Ray Ward has 30 beds and is part of the Acute Medical Unit. Patients admitted to King’s through the Emergency Department will come either to this ward or Oliver Ward before they are discharged home or transferred to another ward.
It is named after Mary Elizabeth Ray (1864-1933), who in 1906 became the first Sister Matron of the hospital on its new site at Denmark Hill. She was a Patron of King’s Nurses’ League from its foundation in 1924.
Protected mealtime: 12.30-1.30pm
Matthew Whiting Ward
| Tel | +44 (0)20 3299 3509 |
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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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Matthew Whiting Ward is a mixed adult ward with 28 beds. It cares for patients who are having orthopaedic or general surgery.
It is named after Matthew Whiting, a 19th century merchant who guaranteed the hospital's overdraft and left a bequest to King’s in his will.
Protected mealtime: 12-2pm
Medical Critical Care Unit (MCCU)
| Tel | +44 (0)20 3299 8243 |
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| Visiting Times | 2-8pm - flexible in exceptional circumstances |
| Maximum Visitors | 2 |
| Location | Second floor, Golden Jubilee Wing, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS |
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The Medical Critical Care Unit (MCCU) cares for critically ill patients across a range of clinical areas including neurology (brain and spine), trauma, obstetric emergencies, renal (kidney) and cardiothoracic (heart).
It has 14 beds providing advanced intensive care, including the latest respiratory (breathing), cardiac (heart) and renal (kidney) support treatments.
There is no protected mealtime.
Murray Falconer Ward
| Tel | +44 (0)20 3299 4445 |
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| Visiting Times | 2-8pm |
| Maximum Visitors | 3 |
| Location | Second floor, Ruskin Wing, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS |
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| Ward Manager | Stacey Hood |
Murray Falconer Ward cares for patients who are having elective (planned) brain or spinal neurosurgery. It has 31 beds divided into a series of bays and 11 side rooms.
The ward is attached to the Neuroscience Admission Lounge where patients are assessed before surgery.
It is named after Murray Falconer (1910-1977), a distinguished neurosurgeon who set up the neurosurgical unit at the Maudsley Hospital in 1949. He is renowned for his pioneering work in using surgery to treat drug-resistant epilepsy.
Protected mealtimes: 12-2pm and 6-7pm
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
| Tel | +44 (0)20 3299 3553 |
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| Visiting Times | Parents any time; others 9am-8pm |
| Maximum Visitors | 2 (including child's parent) |
| Location | Fourth floor, Golden Jubilee Wing, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS |
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| Ward Manager | Geraldine Cochrane |
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit provides intensive, high dependency and special care for new born babies. It has 34 cots and treats about 650 newborns a year.
There is no protected mealtime.
Nightingale Birth Centre
| Tel | +44 (0)20 3299 3222 |
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| Visiting Times | Partners can visit at any time |
| Maximum Visitors | Birth partner plus one |
| Location | Fourth floor, Golden Jubilee Wing, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS |
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The Nightingale Birth Centre or Labour Ward has 10 rooms for pregnant mums in active labour and a four-bed area where women who have an underlying medical condition or need monitoring before birth. It also has a two-bed high dependency unit (HDU) and a two-bed recovery area. There are two operating theatres for planned and emergency surgery.
Our labour rooms have a bed, reclining chair, birthing ball and mat, bean bag, stereo and en suite bathroom. We also have a pool room and two movable inflatable pools for waterbirths. The adjoining Maternal Assessment Unit cares for women who need closer monitoring during pregnancy but do not need to be admitted to hospital.
For more information, watch our 12-minute video of our maternity department.
It is named after the Nightingale Trustee Fund, which funded the first ward at King's to train midwives in 1861.
There is no protected mealtime.
Oliver Ward
| Tel | +44 (0)20 3299 4850 |
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| Visiting Times | 2-8pm |
| Maximum Visitors | 3 |
| Location | Ground floor, Cheyne Wing, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS |
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Oliver Ward has 30 beds and is part of the Acute Medical Unit. Patients admitted to King’s through the Emergency Department will come either to this ward or Mary Ray Ward before they are discharged home or transferred to another ward.
It is named after Percy Lane Oliver OBE (1878-1944), a local volunteer for the Red Cross who established the first voluntary blood transfusion service, a forerunner of the National Blood Service.
Protected mealtime: 12-2pm