King’s Neuroscience Centre celebrates 30th anniversary

17 July 2025 - Team King’s is proud to celebrate 30 years of the Neuroscience Centre, which first opened its doors to patients in July 1995.

Neuroscience is the study of the nervous system – the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system – its functions, and its disorders.

At its opening, the aim of the Neurosciences Centre at King’s College Hospital was to bring together specialist clinicians and staff to deliver integrated neuroscience care to the population of South East London, Kent and Medway. This allowed closer working with King’s College London and the regional hospitals. Thirty years later, King’s Neuroscience Centre has become one of the leading units in Europe, driving forward innovative research and providing patients both local and from across the UK and the world with exemplary care and the most modern of treatments.

To mark its anniversary, King’s Neuroscience Centre hosted a 30-Year Anniversary Academic Meeting from 17-18 July 2025, bringing together global experts to discuss topics including epilepsy, brain tumours and paediatric neuroscience.

Mr Richard Gullan, Consultant Neurosurgeon at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We are all extremely proud of the huge strides we have made over the past 30 years, pushing the boundaries and helping make innovative treatments a reality for our patients. In the decades since the Centre opened, there have been enormous steps forward in the fields of neurology, neurosurgery, stroke, neurophysiology and neuro-rehabilitation, with the Neuroscience Centre embracing them and leading on many of these new developments.

“This event, which puts the spotlight on the latest research in neuroscience, will spur colleagues on to keep innovating, translate research into treatment for patients, and ensure our population receives the best care available.”