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New Year Honours for King’s staff
31 December 2024 - Three members of staff from King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised in the 2025 New Year Honours List.
New interactive artwork for children with additional needs at King’s College Hospital
06 December 2024 - Children are encouraged to explore the landscape by moving in front of the screen
King’s clinician awarded surgical prize
04 November 2024 - Mr Robert Bentley presented with the Down Surgical Prize
ITV Meridian captures Callie-Ann Warrington’s return to work
08 October 2024 - The medal winner was given a warm welcome from colleagues
“Come to breast screening, don’t be afraid”
02 October 2024 - New breast screening video launched to help save lives in Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark
King’s doctor: “A visionary, whose work has changed lives for the better”
27 September 2024 - Professor Kypros Nicolaides honoured with most prestigious Austrian medical award
Prime Minister: “King’s is fantastic”
16 September 2024 - Prime Minister Keir Starmer described King’s as “fantastic” and a “good example of collaboration” after meeting a nine-year-old boy from Dublin who was treated for a rare illness at King's College Hospital.
Jason Watkins speaks at King’s sepsis conference about the death of daughter
13 September 2024 - Clinical teams gathered to hear his story in the hope of preventing further sepsis deaths
New look for children’s psychology rooms
10 September 2024 - The therapy areas have been refurbished to create a calming environment for our young patients
King’s College Hospital begins enrolling patients with Type 1 diabetes for new study
13 August 2024 - King’s College Hospital begins enrolling patients with Type 1 diabetes for new study
The work of King’s returns to TV screens
12 August 2024 - The Major Trauma Team features in the new series of Emergency on Channel 4
Celebrating one year of robotic-assisted surgery at King’s
08 May 2024 - It’s been one year since our first Robot Assisted Surgical System wheeled into the Trust’s Denmark Hill site, funded by King’s College Hospital Charity.
Liver ITU refurb improves patient and staff experience
08 April 2024 - A refurbished Liver Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU) at King's College Hospital is giving a better experience to our patients and staff
Christmas cheer as mum gifts young son with life-saving liver transplant
23 December 2023 - One of the smallest ever children believed to have undergone a successful liver transplant is home for Christmas, after undergoing a second life-saving transplant thanks to his mother’s donation.
Four-year-old celebrates Christmas after innovative surgery at King’s
22 December 2023 - Four-year-old Sophia is enjoying her first Christmas school break, having beaten the odds to complete her first two terms at school following successful pioneering surgery before she'd even been born.
King’s Neuroradiology Consultant wins top award
08 November 2023 - Dr Thomas Booth is announced winner of the Neuroradiologist of the Year Award 2023.
Celebrating Black History Month at King’s College Hospitals
23 October 2023 - To mark Black History Month, King’s College Hospital worked with the Black Cultural Archives to display a large timeline of Black history in the UK.
New electronic patient record goes live
05 October 2023 - Joint go-live of the new system across King's and Guy's and St Thomas' is the biggest ever single go-live of Epic’s electronic patient record anywhere in the world.Man helped by King’s liver trial encourages others to join
29 September 2023 - Liver disease research trial led by King's is inviting more people to volunteer and possibly benefit.
King’s supports launch of oncology health app for parents and children
25 September 2023 - A new free online resource for families with childhood cancer diagnosis has launched with the support of clinicians from King’s College Hospital.
TV spotlight returns to King’s
11 August 2023 - Go behind the scenes with staff from King’s College Hospital as staff return to TV screens in a new series of ground-breaking Channel 4 documentary series Emergency.
King’s consultant neurosurgeon and patient reminisce on using the violin to help surgery
01 August 2023 - Professor Keyoumars Ashkan and Dagmar Ingeborg Turner reunite, three years after making world-wide headlines
Double Olympic Champion opens newly refurbished unit at King’s
03 May 2023 - “Through my own experience of losing my mother to myeloma, I know how important it is that blood cancer patients receive the best possible care.” – Dame Kelly Holmes
Supporting families through pregnancy loss and baby loss
26 April 2023 - For the majority of people, pregnancy results in the birth of a healthy baby, but sadly, some families do not get the happy outcome they expected.