News

HRH The Duchess of Gloucester visits King’s

20 March 2024 - The Duchess’ visit follows the Dental Institute at King’s College Hospital celebrating its centenary last year

King’s appoints Chief Financial Officer

01 March 2024 - Roy Clarke will join King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in March as Chief Financial Officer

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh visits King’s

22 February 2024 - The Royal Patron visited to hear from our Duke of Edinburgh's Award volunteers

Strike action taking place in February

09 February 2024 - Important information for patients during junior doctor strikes

Caring for our smallest and youngest patients

30 January 2024 - Premature babies need specialist care and support, and often spend many months in hospital. In the latest issue of Inside King’s, we meet the staff who look after them

A ‘game-changing’ new electronic patient record

30 January 2024 - We recently launched Epic, our new electronic patient record, and in doing so, we replaced hundreds of different IT systems and paper records previously in use across our hospitals

New endoscopy services at the Princess Royal University Hospital

30 January 2024 - Work is underway to expand endoscopy services at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH), enabling our teams to see up to 4,500 additional suspected cancer patients each year

Charles Alexander steps down as Trust Chair

24 January 2024 - Charles Alexander is stepping down as Chair of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust at the end of this month

Transport strikes – information for patients

22 January 2024 - We plan to run all patient services as normal during the planned industrial action

Update: Postponed – London Underground strikes – information for patients

05 January 2024 - Update: Strike action planned by the RMT union for this week has now been called off

A catch-up with Professor Jon Cohen, King’s Non-executive Director

02 January 2024 - Last month, Professor Jon Cohen, Non-executive Director at King’s, stepped down from his role, having joined the Trust Board in 2015

Hospital strikes – NHS bosses ask public to help avoid the nightmare before Christmas

19 December 2023 - Hospital leaders in south east London have issued an urgent appeal for the public to use A&E services for real emergencies only, ahead of the latest junior doctor strikes

Strike action taking place during December and January

06 December 2023 - Important information for patients during junior doctor strikes

Rail strikes – information for patients

04 December 2023 - We plan to run all patient services as normal during the planned industrial action this week

Memorial Services at the Trust 2023

30 November 2023 - Details of services taking place at King's to remember loved ones

Angela Helleur appointed Site Chief Executive for PRUH & South Sites

17 November 2023 - Angela joins King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust from the South East London Integrated Care Board (ICB)

Issue with text message reminders for appointments

23 October 2023 - We are currently experiencing an issue with our text message reminder service for patients

Voting now open for Lifesaver of the Year award

11 October 2023 - Members of the public can vote in King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s Lifesaver of the Year award category

Simon Friend joins King’s as Non-executive Director

09 October 2023 - Simon Friend has joined King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as a Non-executive Director (NED).

Upcoming strike action

29 September 2023 - Important information for patients during consultant, junior doctor, radiographer and transport strikes

Strike action taking place during September and October

07 September 2023 - Important information for patients during consultant, junior doctor and radiographer strikes

King’s Annual Members’ Meeting 2023 – open to all

30 August 2023 - The Trust's 2023 Annual Members’ Meeting will take place on Tuesday 26 September, from 6.30pm

Transport strikes – information for patients

30 August 2023 - We plan to run all patient services as normal during the planned industrial action this week

Strike action taking place during August and September

31 July 2023 - Important information for patients during junior doctor and consultant strikes

King’s appoints Jane Bailey as new Non-executive Director and Deputy Chair

25 July 2023 - New NED joins the Trust this week