News
This section gives you the latest news about our work and achievements. It also provides guidance and contact details for media enquiries.
Team King’s helps Chelsea Flower Show garden bloom
Colleagues from King’s are part of a project bringing a stilt house to this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, helping to raise awareness of a charity initiative to treat skin diseases.
King’s launches new entertainment system for patients
21 March 2022 - Patients, visitors and staff can access TV, magazines, games and more...
King’s records London’s lowest hospital acquired COVID rate
14 March 2022 - Trust continues to take proactive steps to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection
Drug hope for people with chronic cough
14 March 2022 - The new drug Gefapixant has been found to ease the distressing symptoms of chronic cough by up to 60%.
COVID-19 and King’s: Two years on
11 March 2022 - King's marks the two-year anniversary of the coronavirus
Ten years of patient group to support Parkinson’s research
11 March 2022 - King’s launched the UK’s first group in 2011
No Smoking Day with King’s children’s respiratory CNS
10 March 2022 - Marking No Smoking Day with Mira Osinibi, children’s respiratory CNS nurse and smoking cessation advisor
World Kidney Day with King’s Senior Renal Physiotherapist
10 March 2022 - To mark World Kidney Day (10 March), we meet Dr Ellen Castle, a Senior Renal Physiotherapist in the Renal Rehabilitation and Exercise team at King’s.
Team work is key to our success, says King’s surgeon
02 March 2022 - King's Trauma Surgeon Aswinkumar Vasireddy features in Channel 4 trauma documentary, broadcast at 9pm from Monday 28 February to Thursday 3 March
King’s trauma physiotherapist features in documentary series
01 March 2022 - The series is broadcast at 9pm on Channel 4 from Monday 28 February to Thursday 3 March
King’s Ophthalmology part of team awarded prestigious grant
01 March 2022 - The team has received £2 million from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to conduct a novel neuroprotection trial in glaucoma.
King’s College Hospital’s Paediatric team win regional award
01 March 2022 - The team has won the Best Training Unit in London at the PAFTA awards.
#NewProfilePic for March 2022
01 March 2022 - Every month, a different member of staff will be our #NewProfilePic on social media.
£1.5m donation to enhance maternal care in south-east London
28 February 2022 - Pregnant women receiving care at King’s will be among those who benefit
Upgrading Endoscopy Services at the PRUH
28 February 2022 - We are making improvements to our endoscopy services at the Princess Royal University Hospital in Orpington.
King’s trauma team to feature in new documentary series
21 February 2022 - The four-part series will broadcast from 28 February on Channel 4