Kings College Hospital

Name :

Kings College Hospital

Address  :

Denmark Hill

Town  :

London

State  :

Greater London

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

SE5 9RS

Phone  :

44 0 20 3299 9000

Fax  :

020 3299 3445

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Cardiology
  • Cardiothoracic Surgeon
  • Chemotherapy
  • Colon & Rectal Surgeon
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • Gastro-enterology
  • Gynaecology
  • Hematologist
  • Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Neurologist
  • Oncologist
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Paediatrics
  • Pathology Lab
  • Psychiatrist
Facilities

Other Facilities

  • Pathology

Description

About Us
We are one of Londons largest and busiest teaching hospitals with a strong profile of local services primarily serving the boroughs of Lambeth Southwark and Lewisham

Our specialist services are available to patients across a wider catchment area providing nationally and internationally recognised work in liver disease and transplantation neurosciences haematooncology and foetal medicine

Our Values
Our values have been created by the people of Kings Staff and patients talk about what makes us different


History

Kings College Hospital opened its doors in 1840 close to Lincolns Inn Fields In 1913 the hospital moved south of the Thames to Denmark Hill HM The Queen opened the newest wing of the hospital in 2003

Medicine has seen many changes during the 160 years that Kings has been treating patients from surgery without anaesthetic to liver transplants Nursing as a profession has developed during this period In 1948 the NHS was created and Kings was granted Teaching Hospital status Kings College Hospital became an NHS Foundation Trust in December 2006

This site aims to tell the story of Kings College Hospital between 1840 and 2003

It was produced by Susan Isaac has worked at the Medical School Library of Kings College Hospital since 1982
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The Lean Hospital

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