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Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest Trusts in the NHS and
provides a full range of services to the local population and also to patients from further
afield, both nationally and internationally. St. Thomas’ Hospital is situated on the south bank
of the River Thames opposite the Houses of Parliament. Guy’s Hospital is adjacent to
London Bridge. Both hospitals have excellent transport links and are easily accessible to
patients, visitors and staff. The Trust is able to provide specialist care for services such as
cardiac surgery, children’s care, oncology, dermatology and ophthalmology. The Trust is
committed to becoming the major university hospital in the UK and to staying at the forefront
in patient care, teaching and research.
Guy’s and St. Thomas’ have contracts with more than 65 purchasing authorities, covering all
major specialties such as surgery, dermatology, haematology, HIV and GU care, obstetrics,
ophthalmology, palliative and pain care, radiology, lithotripsy, cardiology, diabetes,
haemophilia, oncology, paediatrics, dentistry, maternity care, plastic surgery, respiratory
care, rheumatology, ITU and renal care.
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
King's College Hospital NHS Trust provides healthcare and emergency services for a
cosmopolitan and ethnically diverse community in South East London as well as being a
major academic centre. King’s has close links to King’s College London, part of the
University of London, under which are the medical and dental Schools, known as the Guy’s,
King’s and St.Thomas’ Hospitals Schools of Medicine and Dentistry. This partnership aims
to create a world-class medical centre between King’s College and the two teaching hospital
Trusts. King’s College Hospital is internationally and nationally renowned for its
specialist work in liver (with the largest liver transplant programme in Europe), renal and
cardiac services, neonatal medicine, neurosciences and diabetes attracting referrals from
across the United Kingdom and abroad, as well as supporting leading edge research and an
undergraduate medical school. It is however also a local hospital, providing vital, and
extensive, acute hospital services to the residents of southeast London which accounts for
70% of its work. Employing over 5,000 people, there are currently two inpatient sites - at
Denmark Hill and Mapother House.
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