News
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New Chair appointed for King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Sir David Behan has been appointed as the new Chair of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Team King’s is shortlisted for top nursing accolades
15 August 2023 - Dr Agimol Pradeep BEM and Dr Dilla Davis announced as finalists in a number of major industry awards.
King’s short-listed for Trust of the Year in HSJ Award nominations
14 August 2023 - The Trust is also short-listed for a number of other awards, including in the Medicines, Pharmacy & Prescribing Initiative of the Year category for its Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) service.
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.
Academic promotions for Team King’s
02 August 2023 - Five Trust staff members have gained academic promotions
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
#NewProfilePic for August 2023
01 August 2023 - Every month, a different member of staff will be our #NewProfilePic on social media
Strike action taking place during August and September
31 July 2023 - Important information for patients during junior doctor and consultant strikes
Families continue to save and improve lives through deceased organ donation at King’s College Hospital
26 July 2023 - The latest figures show that King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was the leading donor hospital in the UK last year.
King’s appoints Jane Bailey as new Non-executive Director and Deputy Chair
25 July 2023 - New NED joins the Trust this week
“The PRUH is important to the communities we serve, and a key part of Team King’s”
23 July 2023 - A joint message from Professor Clive Kay, Trust Chief Executive and Jonathan Lofthouse, Site Chief Executive for PRUH and South Sites, as we mark 20 years since the PRUH officially opened
Strike action involving radiographers in July
22 July 2023 - Important information for patients during radiographer strikes
Transplant patient thanks King’s hospital staff with gold medal
20 July 2023 - More patients donated their organs at King’s College Hospital than at any other Trust in the UK last year, figures have revealed.
King’s Lung Function Unit celebrates first anniversary
20 July 2023 - Staff at the Lung Function Unit at King’s College Hospital are marking one year of testing, diagnosing and treating patients in new state-of-the art facilities.
New Willowfield building officially opens at King’s
11 July 2023 - A new outpatient facility at King’s College Hospital has been officially opened by Helen Hayes, MP for Dulwich and West Norwood.
The Duchess of Edinburgh officially opens King’s Academy
05 July 2023 - Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh has officially opened a new training academy for nurses, midwives and allied healthcare professionals (AHPs) based at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.