News
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King’s midwife urges women to attend breast screening after cancer diagnosis
“I didn’t realise it at the time, but going along to my screening appointment saved my life.”
King’s Finance team win trio of HFMA London awards
27 October 2026 - The Finance Team at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has taken home three Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) London Awards.
Celebrating ten years of the King’s helipad
26 October 2026 - Providing patients from across the country rapid access to specialist care.
King’s and Guy’s and St Thomas’ patient record system saves £4.1 million in three years
23 October 2026 - Collaboration between the two Trusts has avoided 3.3 million duplicate and repeat tests
New approach to urology treatment at King’s
21 October 2026 - Patients are able to return home just hours after their surgery
Improving survival rates for patients with chronic liver failure
12 October 2026 - Professor Will Bernal was Co-Chief Investigator in the CHANCE study
Clinical trial offers hope for Parkinson’s patients
05 October 2026 - "I look forward to the outcome of the trial, with the hope that a new treatment for Parkinson’s may be on the horizon.”
20 years of supporting liver transplant patients
28 September 2026 - The Listen support network, an organisation helping liver transplant patients at King’s College Hospital, is proudly marking its 20th anniversary this month.
King’s nurse wins global nursing award
22 September 2026 - Dr Agimol Pradeep BEM has received global recognition
Liver Twins: how a life-saving transplant made two strangers friends for life
22 September 2026 - Maya and Linda first met at a transplant reunion event in 2005.
Tooting MP visits King’s to see embedded youth work
16 September 2026 - Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP visited the Emergency Department at King’s College Hospital to discuss how the Trust’s long-standing partnership with Redthread helps young people at risk.
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust achieves highest level of Future-Focused Finance Accreditation
16 September 2026 - The Trust has achieved Level 3, the highest level available under the national accreditation framework
“I can’t believe I am working in one of the hospitals that saved me”
14 September 2026 - A former King’s cancer patient is now training as a doctor at the hospital that saved his life.
Services restored at Beckenham Beacon
11 September 2026 - Following some temporary closures, most services are now operating as normal
King’s Annual Members’ Meeting 2026 – open to all
08 September 2026 - The Trust's 2026 meeting will take place on Tuesday 29 September
King’s recruits world’s first patient for rare blood cancer trial
07 September 2026 - King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has recruited the first patient globally for a trial exploring treatments for a rare type of blood cancer.