News

Strike action taking place from 17 to 22 December

15 December 2025 - Important information for patients about resident doctor strikes

Strike action taking place from 14 to 19 November

12 November 2025 - Important information for patients during resident doctor strikes

Become a King’s governor in 2026 – nominations open

12 November 2025 - A number of vacancies are available to join our Council of Governors

King’s Chief Executive Clive Kay announces retirement from role

06 November 2025 - Professor Kay to retire in summer 2026

Memorial Services at the Trust 2025

28 October 2025 - Details of services taking place at King's to remember loved ones

New digital check-in service at our King’s College Hospital Emergency Department

07 October 2025 - Service will support patient care and help to reduce queues

King’s College Hospital helipad engagement meeting

11 September 2025 - All members of the local community invited on Thursday 30 October at midday

King’s Annual Members’ Meeting – open to all

04 September 2025 - The Trust's 2025 meeting will take place on Tuesday 30 September

#NewProfilePic for September 2025

01 September 2025 - This month's new profile pic features Katie Reeves, a Clinical Research Midwife at King's.

Jane Lyons MBE appointed as Lead Governor

26 June 2025 - Jane becomes the Lead Governor for the Council of Governors at the Trust

King’s College Hospital helipad engagement meeting

20 May 2025 - All members of the local community invited on Thursday 5 June 2025 at 9am

Walking aids return scheme launches

11 April 2025 - Patients can return crutches and metal walking sticks to our King’s College Hospital site to be reused or recycled

Visiting our hospitals

27 February 2025 - We are returning to standard visiting arrangements

Coldharbour Lane: notice of temporary closure

29 January 2025 - Road partially closed until 2 March

Coldharbour Lane: notice of temporary closure

16 January 2025 - Road partially closed from 11.59pm on 18 January until 10pm on 20 January

Planned Synnovis strikes stood down

17 December 2024 - Updated at 6.25pm, 17 December

King’s College Hospital helipad engagement meeting

28 November 2024 - All members of the local community invited on Thursday 12 December at 5pm

King’s appoints Chief Financial Officer

26 November 2024 - Roy Clarke has been appointed Chief Financial Officer at the Trust on a substantive basis following an eight-month secondment at the Trust

Improving cancer care waits for patients

13 November 2024 - Patients under the care of teams at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are experiencing shorter waits for cancer care as a result of improvements made at the Trust.

Memorial Services at the Trust 2024

18 October 2024 - Details of services taking place at King's to remember loved ones

South London train disruption

18 October 2024 - We plan to run all patient services as normal during the planned industrial action from 26 October to 1 November

King’s Annual Members’ Meeting – open to all

12 September 2024 - The Trust's 2024 meeting will take place on Tuesday 8 October

King’s appoints new Chief Medical Officer

05 September 2024 - Dr Mamta Shetty Vaidya has been appointed as King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s new Chief Medical Officer

Professor Graham Lord takes up Non-Executive role at King’s

02 September 2024 - Professor Graham Lord has joined King’s as Chief Academic Officer, a Non-Executive Director role on the Board of Directors this week

Synnovis and data security – information for patients

08 August 2024 - On 3 June, a cyber-attack was carried out on our pathology service provider, Synnovis