Weather Morning: 7°c Mostly cloudy Afternoon: 8°c Sunny spells

News

RSS

King's College Hospital

Latest articles

Greek patients leave London hospital £2m debt after treatment

07.10.11
Greek patients have fled Britain owing a London hospital nearly £2million in private fees... more

Mothers-to-be are turned away as baby boom overwhelms hospitals

19.08.11
Hospitals are resorting to capping the number of deliveries they handle as midwives struggle with London's baby boom... more

Family and jazz world 'reeling' as young star dies of heart attack

18.08.11
A jazz musician has died after suffering a heart attack as he swam in an open-air pool... more

Olympic rowing champion died after catching rare water bug

16.06.11
An Olympic rowing champion who twice partnered Sir Steve Redgrave to gold medal triumph died after contracting a rare water-borne infection, an inquest heard ... more

Abusive woman's Asbo ban from every London hospital

07.06.11
A woman has been barred from every NHS hospital and medical practice in London for two years after abusing staff and patients... more

Scooter crash doctor's family sets up medical charity in his memory

01.06.11
The family of a talented young doctor killed in a road accident have set up a fund to help medical students fulfil his dream of leading research into new treatments... more

Shot five-year-old speaks for first time after being paralysed in uncle's shop

17.05.11
The five-year-old girl paralysed after being shot by teenage gangsters has spoken for the first time, saying how she was 'hurt by people fighting'... more

Family of girl paralysed at birth win £400,000 payout

28.02.11
The family of a six-year-old girl left partially paralysed from birth have been awarded £400,000 damages in the High Court... more

Heart saver that clears arteries then dissolves

17.12.10
Heart patient has become the first in London to be fitted with a device that opens up a blocked artery and then disappears... more

Doctor keeps job after baby death

10.12.10
Doctor who failed to spot a dying baby's plummeting heart rate has been cleared to keep working... more

New trauma centres saving hundreds of extra lives

02.12.10
More than 100 extra lives will be saved every year in London's super accident and emergency units, official figures reveal... more

Stab victim surgeons to give warnings in classrooms

25.11.10
Surgeons who treat gun and knife wounds will be going into classrooms warning young people of the dangers of joining gangs... more

Doctor’s failings ‘left baby stillborn’

24.11.10
Baby was stillborn after a doctor failed to notice her heart rate was plummeting, a hearing is told... more

Harry Carpenter lay unconscious at foot of stairs, granddaughter tells inquest

23.09.10
Granddaughter of commentator Harry Carpenter tells how he appeared to be living in a nightmare after she found him lying on his back at the foot of his stairs just before he died... more

Family’s shock at big hospital phone bill

29.07.10
Relatives of a patient at King’s College Hospital in Camberwell got a huge phone bill for calling his premium-rate bedside phone after he was banned from using his mobile... more

Man shot dead in Catford ‘gangland’ attack

23.06.10
Man was shot dead in a suspected gangland attack early today... more

‘Super-centres’ to treat critically injured trauma victims

06.04.10
Car crash and gun crime victims will be treated at special trauma units from today in an attempt to save hundreds more lives a year... more

Father kills family dog with kitchen knife after it savages his two-year-old girl

23.03.10
Two-year-old has been savaged by a family dog at her home in south-east London... more

Baby boy dies after being hit by lamp post

25.02.10
Baby boy who was hit by a falling lamp post in west London dies... more

Hospitality spending slumps but catering giant Compass is on the up

25.11.09
The prawn sandwich is wilting and the champagne has not even made it on ice as big spending big business slashes the corporate hospitality bill... more

Labour launches attack on benefit cheats to woo working families

31.07.09
Crackdown on cheats and scroungers was launched as Labour tried to revive its support among beleaguered working families... more

Hospitals urged to allow new mothers to donate life-saving stem cells

14.07.09
Women are being blocked from donating life-saving stem cells in London hospitals, the Standard has learned... more

London hospitals unite to form pioneer supertrusts

09.03.09
The creation of three medical "supertrusts" in London has been given the go-ahead by the Government... more

Surgeon attacks foreign use of British organs

05.01.09
A leading transplant surgeon has hit out at two London hospitals for allowing foreigners to leap-frog NHS queues for liver transplants... more

Lighting to ease breast screening

24.12.08
Women are being offered breast cancer scans that use coloured light to help them relax... more

Man stabbed to death for Gucci handbag

04.08.08
A man was stabbed to death when he was robbed of a Gucci handbag yards from his home... more

'Hit-run' driver claims youth tried to steal car

14.07.08
Police are investigating claims that a teenager knocked down in an apparent hit-and-run had been trying to steal the car... more

Woman stabs female cyclist to death

02.07.08
A young woman was stabbed to death by another woman near a London high street... more

Teenagers don't want to kill - and I can stop them

30.06.08
The murder of 16-year-old James Smartt-Ford at Streatham Ice Rink in front of 350 teenagers was what led Dr Tunji Lasoye to make the connection... more


Don't Miss