King's College Hospital London

Introduction to King’s College Hospital

King’s College Hospital was founded in 1840. After more than 170 years of development, it has become a world-renowned hospital with internationally recognized standards of care.

King’s College Hospital in London has 12,000 staff members. Going forward, all staff will continue to work together to create a promising future for the hospital.

The Liver Centre at King’s College Hospital is one of the largest and most comprehensive liver disease treatment centers in the world, especially in the field of liver cancer. In addition, the hospital’s liver transplantation program is one of the largest liver transplant programs in Europe.

The neurology department at King’s College Hospital in London has many specialists and provides multidisciplinary treatment plans for Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, progressive supranuclear palsy, and other related conditions. The National Parkinson Foundation has designated only five Centers of Excellence in the European Union, and this clinic is one of them.

In 1995, Professor Nigel Leigh established the first specialized motor neuron disease treatment and research center in the United Kingdom. Since then, the United Kingdom has used this center as a model and established 13 motor neuron disease treatment and research centers nationwide. The key focus of the Motor Neuron Disease Treatment and Research Centre is rapid diagnosis and treatment planning by a multidisciplinary team.

From caring for sick and impoverished students at Lincoln’s Inn in its early days, to saving soldiers wounded in the two World Wars, innovation and enterprise have always been at the heart of King’s College Hospital’s culture. Through continuous experimentation and persistent effort, King’s College Hospital has achieved remarkable results with limited resources. This is the path the hospital has always followed.

Departments at King’s College Hospital London

Cancer Centre

As one of the world’s leading cancer centers, King’s College Hospital London treats many different types of cancer. It is a specialist treatment center for cancers of the blood and circulatory system, brain and central nervous system cancers, and liver cancer.

Together with two other NHS Foundation Trusts, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and South London and Maudsley Hospital, King’s College Hospital forms an integrated cancer center to provide patients with better diagnosis and treatment.

The types of cancer treated include brain cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, gynecologic cancer, head and neck cancer, hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, lymphoma, bone marrow cancers, neuroendocrine tumors, skin cancer, thyroid cancer, upper gastrointestinal cancer, and urologic cancer.

Haematology Centre

The haematology department at King’s College Hospital provides expert diagnostic evaluation and treatment for a wide range of diseases affecting the blood, bone marrow, and spleen.

It treats all types of anemia, platelet disorders, polycythemia, iron metabolism disorders such as hemochromatosis, and abnormal white blood cell counts. It also provides specialist transfusion advice for pregnant women, patients with special needs, and patients who refuse blood products.

Medical services include treatment for anemia, including iron deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency, folate deficiency, anemia of chronic disease, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and anemia in pregnancy; disorders of iron metabolism; neutropenia; erythrocytosis and thrombocytosis; pregnancy-related immune diseases, including fetal alloimmune thrombocytopenia and hemolytic disease of the fetus; preoperative preparation and management of patients with multiple red blood cell antibodies; therapeutic plasma exchange or red blood cell exchange; and transfusion-related patient issues.

Liver Centre

The hepatology department at King’s College Hospital is internationally renowned for services provided by its expert team. It treats a wide range of common and rare liver-related diseases. Specialists work together with patients to discuss treatment options based on the diagnosis.

Diseases treated include fatty liver disease, alcoholic liver disease, primary biliary cirrhosis, autoimmune liver disease, autoimmune hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis, acute and subacute liver failure, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, Wilson’s disease, hepatic adenoma, cholangiocarcinoma, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and genetic liver diseases such as hemochromatosis.

Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Centre

The cardiology department at King’s College Hospital London provides a full range of adult cardiac care services, including invasive and non-invasive diagnostic procedures, advanced cardiac interventions involving coronary, structural, and electrophysiological treatments, as well as outpatient services including community-based care.

The hospital provides both scheduled and urgent care for residents across a large region. It offers angioplasty for patients with heart disease in the United Kingdom as an alternative to life-saving thrombolytic drugs. Under local anesthesia, a miniature balloon is inserted and inflated to clear blocked arteries and restore blood flow to the heart.

The center focuses on research into new treatments for heart valve disease, including transcatheter aortic valve implantation. This minimally invasive procedure provides a lower-risk option for high-risk surgical patients and helps support earlier postoperative recovery. In addition, the hospital has a large and active research program investigating many aspects of heart disease.

Medical services include general cardiac disease; ischemic heart disease; all forms of coronary angioplasty or stenting, including advanced percutaneous coronary intervention services and excellent interventional radiology; heart valve disease, with a focus on minimally invasive techniques and one of the largest transcatheter aortic valve implantation programs in the United Kingdom; heart failure; inherited genetic cardiomyopathies; stroke prevention, including patent foramen ovale; and cardiac electrophysiology, including arrhythmias, device implantation, and syncope.

Neurology and Neurosurgery Centre

The neurology department at King’s College Hospital London diagnoses and treats a wide range of neurological symptoms and disorders that may affect the brain, eyes, limbs, speech, and swallowing function. Physicians ask patients for detailed information about their symptoms and examine the nervous system to determine the next steps in diagnosis and treatment.

Conditions treated include headache, tingling, limb weakness, epilepsy, spasms, and tremor. In general, patients with symptoms requiring further investigation for diagnosis are also cared for by the department. For patients already diagnosed with neurological conditions, the center provides specialist services.