News
This section gives you the latest news about our work and achievements. It also provides guidance and contact details for media enquiries.
#NewProfilePic for December 2024
Every month, a different member of staff features as our #NewProfilePic on social media.
Enhanced COVID-19 testing in Lambeth and Wandsworth
16 April 2021 - People living in, working in or travelling through Lambeth and Wandsworth are asked to take a COVID-19 PCR test.
New diagnostic criteria may reduce liver transplants
14 April 2021 - King’s College Hospital researchers find Micro RNAs are key to identifying outcomes for patients with acute liver failure
King’s appoints Director of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
14 April 2021 - Funmi Onamusi will take up the newly-created substantive role
King’s appoints Chief Medical Officer
13 April 2021 - Dr Leonie Penna appointed on a substantive basis
Baby transferred to King’s by air in race against time
07 April 2021 - Family thank hospital and emergency services for extraordinary effort
Extra funding for transgender sexual health service
07 April 2021 - The two years' further funding follows positive feedback from patients using the health and wellbeing service
Bowel Cancer Screening service beats COVID-19 backlog
06 April 2021 - After pausing Bowel Cancer Screening during the COVID-19 pandemic, the service is saving lives again
Non-Executive Director appointed
31 March 2021 - Steve Weiner joins the Trust’s Board
World Doctor’s Day: Kathy Fan’s story
30 March 2021 - To mark World Doctor's Day, we spoke to Kathy Fan, a Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at King's
World Doctor’s Day: Dr Jon Salisbury’s story
30 March 2021 - Dr Jon Salisbury, Consultant Histopathologist at King's, tells us why he chose to become a doctor
Stories from the frontline: Rachel Gittins
29 March 2021 - Rachel Mae Gittins, a community dental nurse, shares her experience of being redeployed to care for patients with COVID-19
King’s College Hospital scoops HSJ award
24 March 2021 - The Trust has won the 2021 Workforce Initiative of the Year Award
COVID-19 pandemic anniversary film
24 March 2021 - We take a look back at the milestones of the past year
Stories from the frontline: Daniela Florescu-Serban
18 March 2021 - Daniela, a specialist dental nurse at Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup, talks about her redeployment
Stories from the frontline: Eva Pena Charlon
17 March 2021 - We hear from Eva, ward manager of a neurosurgical trauma unit at King’s, who explains how the team adapted to COVID-19