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Our patient played the violin while surgeons removed a #tumour from her brain. Details available here #Teamkings #news #violin #NHS
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For #NHS75 today, we were delighted that HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh visited King's to officially open our brand new training academy!. The Duchess was given a tour of the new facility and met with #TeamKings staff.
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👏 Huge congratulations to @felicia_kwaku, Associate Director of Nursing at King's, who has been highlighted as one of the most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health for 2022 by the @HSJ_Awards. ➡️ l #TeamKings
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🏳️🌈 Delighted to officially open the new connecting link-bridge at the PRUH today!. The bridge proudly features a large re-production of the Intersex-Inclusive Pride flag, designed and unveiled by @ValentinoInter!. #valentinovecchietti #Pride
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Huge congratulations to our very own @felicia_kwaku, Associate Director of Nursing, on being awarded an OBE for services to nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic #QueensBirthdayHonours 👏
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🙌 We're proud to share that a photo of a patient playing a violin during her brain surgery at King's has been selected in @NHSEngland's competition with @FujifilmUK for #NHS75. Huge congrats to #TeamKings brilliant photographer, Nial Anderson. ➡️
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It’s our birthday! 🎂 Today marks 108 years of King’s College Hospital at Denmark Hill. Do you have a message for #TeamKings?🎈
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.@joedwalker met with A&E Dr @fleurcantle to update her on his recovery since appearing in @louistheroux documentary
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.@markdavies67 is being treated for myeloma, a blood cancer, and visits King’s every week for treatment. Mark is urging everyone to wear a mask or face covering when visiting our hospitals - to protect you, Mark, and our most vulnerable patients. Thank you for your support
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Delighted to welcome The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron and Trustee of @DofE, to King's College Hospital today. As one of the first Trust's to host DofE volunteers, the Duke spoke with volunteers at King’s about their experiences volunteering in our hospitals.
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Today from our helipad, we would like to say a big thank you to all key workers across London #ClapForKeyWorkers #TeamKings
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As we go into the weekend, here's a message from our team in the Emergency Department #StayAtHome
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🎂 It’s our 1⃣1⃣0⃣ Birthday at King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill today!. As well as #NHS75 and the PRUH turning 20 on 23 July, do you have any memories to share or messages for #TeamKings?
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Today marks our 107th birthday. We've had an incredible journey over the years and are passionate about continuing to deliver excellent patient care. Happy birthday to all at #TeamKings 🎂🎈
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We are proud to give a send-off to Jose-Luis, one of over 1,000 patients at #TeamKings who have made a remarkable recovery from COVID-19, including a 100-year-old patient who was discharged from the PRUH in April 2020.
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Today is the 105th birthday of King's College Hospital! We'd love to hear about your memories of King's from over the years!🎈🎂#TeamKings
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Today from our amazing #TeamKings, we would like to say a big thank you to all key workers across London #ClapForKeyWorkers
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We are delighted to welcome Prince Harry to King's today
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Tonight, we would like to say a big “thank you” to all our staff and NHS colleagues across the UK #ClapForCarers #TeamKings
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Today marks the 70th anniversary of the NHS! Hear from some of our staff from across King's who tell us what working for the NHS means to them. We want to say a big thank you to all of our staff for everything that they do! #NHS70 #TeamKings
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📸 More great moments from The Duke of Edinburgh's visit to King's College Hospital yesterday!. He met inspiring staff, and volunteers contributing to patient care at King’s as part of @DofE and @Kingsvolunteer1!. Read more ➡️
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Professor Nicola Ranger, our Chief Nurse and Executive Director of Midwifery, has been appointed Director of Nursing @theRCN. Nicola will continue in her role at King’s before joining the Royal College of Nursing later this year. Good luck Nicola!
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This week, HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh visited King's to open a new training academy for nurses, midwives and #AHPs. Here are some more images of The Duchess meeting #TeamKings and seeing first-hand the type of training that will take place. ➡️
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The family of a young patient, Charlotte Eades, who sadly lost her battle against Glioblastoma, has raised a quarter of a million pounds to aid vital research at King's. The research will benefit children and young adults with brain cancer. Read more ➡️
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Our staff have been working extremely hard to care for COVID-19 patients of all ages, and it lifts our hearts to see baby Emmanuel doing well.
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🎂🎈 It’s our birthday! Today marks 109 years since the foundation stone was laid at King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill. To commemorate the milestone, do you have any memories to share or messages for #TeamKings?
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We are able to offer the COVID-19 vaccination to King’s and PRUH patients who are aged 80 years and over. To book an appointment, please contact the King’s team on 02032999844, or contact the PRUH on 01689 866100. We are not offering a walk in service.
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HRH is meeting staff on one of our trauma wards, as well as patients who are being treated at King's after being injured at #LondonBridge.
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Group Chief Executive Clive Kay and members of his executive office lead the final #ClapForOurCarers. For the past 10 weeks, we have joined together to applaud our staff, our patients, and each other. Thank you for all your support! #TeamKings 👏
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After an incredible 46 years, 1 month & 6 days working at King’s, one of our longest serving colleagues - Charlie, our electrician - is retiring today, his 65th birthday! Thank you Charlie for all your hard work & commitment over the years. Wishing you a very happy retirement!
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"We carry out over 200 liver transplants a year at King’s - this wouldn’t be possible without the generosity of donors.". Agi, Harry, Miranda and Matilda are all liver recipient transplant co-ordinators here at King’s. #ThankYouThursday #OrganDonation
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Ann Russell, 80, from Bromley, and 98-year-old Kenneth Coley from South London were our first patients to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Princess Royal University Hospital and King's College Hospital today
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All babies born at the PRUH today are being given special vests to mark #InternationalDayOfTheMidwife. Little George was our first arrival and looked super cute in his outfit😍#IDM2020
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Today, we are celebrating the opening of our redesigned and refurbished Diabetic Foot Clinic at King’s College Hospital. The clinic has been renamed in honour of Professor Mike Edmonds, who established it as a world first service 4️⃣0️⃣ years ago!
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Yesterday we launched our 'Big Thank-You' campaign, where images of our staff were displayed across King's with messages from their management team, all voicing their heartfelt thanks to the incredible #NHS staff working across our hospitals. #TeamKings
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Our A&E at Denmark Hill is receiving patients from the incident in #Westminster. Please avoid coming to A&E unless it's an emergency.
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To mark #NHSBirthday we have installed an #NHS themed balloon arch at our hospital entrance. Join us at 5pm to say #ThankYouTogether to NHS staff, key workers, and everyone who has played their part during the Covid-19 pandemic. #NHS72 #TeamKings
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The first 6 children to receive living-related liver transplants at King’s have been reunited 25 years on from their surgery! . A photo was taken of the group for the News of the World in 1994 and they’ve been brought together all these years later for the image to be recreated.
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Congratulations @sudhanva, Consultant Medical Virologist at King’s, who has been awarded an Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours. Dr Sudhanva has been recognised for services to healthcare science, particularly during COVID-19. 1/2. ➡️
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A huge thank you to everyone who has donated money to enable our hardworking staff to have hot meal after their shift, and to @MealsForTheNHS for delivering almost 1,000 meals to us. We're very grateful for your generosity and support #Covid_19
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Our HIV specialists are talking about the importance of early detection
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🏥 Today, we're proud to unveil the new rooftop of the Denmark Wing building at King's College Hospital!. #TeamKings #TuesdayMotivation
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At 11am today, staff from across the Trust observed a minute’s silence to commemorate key workers who have died with COVID-19
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An incredible balloon arch has been installed at our Hambleden Wing entrance to mark #PrideMonth2020 🏳️🌈 and to help lift people’s spirits after what has been a difficult time. #TeamKings
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👏🎉 Congrats to @KingsNeuro team for winning the Professional Excellence Award from the @BrainTumourOrg. The charity said, "The [neurosurgical] team has been indispensable to the brain tumour community… creating resources to guide those affected by a brain tumour.”. #TeamKings
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RIP Peter Mayhew, who worked for us in the 1970s before he went on to play #Chewbacca in Star Wars. His memory will live on at King's! #RIPPeterMayhew
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Amazing response from our staff here at King's! Please help us by looking after yourself and following the @PHE_uk guidelines on hand hygiene and social distancing. #TeamKings #NHSheroes #NHSCovidHeroes.
I could not be prouder of what the team has achieved. This was our main theatre recovery 24 hours ago, it’s now the first 8 beds of the 32 bed Theatre Critical Care Unit. Exceptional teamwork from exceptional people in exceptional times #theNHSrocks @KingsCollegeNHS
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Tonight our paediatric team at King's College Hospital, the critical care team at the PRUH and nurses & midwives who celebrated #InternationalNursesDay this week would like to say a big thank you to all key workers across London #ClapForKeyWorkers #TeamKings
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Vaccine trialled at King’s prolongs life in patients with aggressive tumours. By using patients’ immune cells to target #BrainCancer, this is the first time in 27 years that any treatment has been shown to extend survival in recurrent #glioblastoma. ➡️
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Delighted to welcome HRH The Duchess of Gloucester to King’s yesterday, where she met staff and patients in our Dental Institute. HRH was shown innovative treatments our teams undertake for conditions affecting the teeth, jaw, face and skull. ➡️
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🚴 We are pleased to open a new bike parking hub at King's College Hospital today!. Teams and cycle users at King's came together to unveil the brand new 128 bike spaces, which are open to staff, patients and the public visiting King's. Visit ➡️
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📺 Watch Sunday Morning on BBC One at 9am today to hear from Clive Kay, our CEO, who was interviewed by @sophieraworth at King’s yesterday. Clive talked about Omicron, vaccines, and the extraordinary efforts of King’s staff, plus NHS colleagues up and down the country.
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Two King's surgeons - Mr Rob Bentley and Mr Duncan Bew - have been recognised for their trauma work in the @EveningStandard #Progress1000 list, which celebrates people changing London's future for the better. Congratulations to them both!⭐️⭐️
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We're celebrating #PrideinLondon this wk with our #OUTstanding staff. Tweet a pic if you spot our flag at Denmark Hill 🏳️🌈 #LoveHappensHere
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We are deeply saddened to hear the news that The Queen has died. Everyone at Team King’s extends their sincere condolences to the Royal Family at this time.
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of @CarterTreacle as our new Chief Nurse and Executive Director of Midwifery. Tracey will take up the role at #TeamKings in June this year. ➡️
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🥇 Congratulations to Dr @malcolm1771, Emergency Medicine Consultant and Clinical Director for Trauma at King's, who has been awarded the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal for his work in pre-hospital care. Read more about Malcolm's outstanding work ➡️
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Congratulations to @duncanbew, made a #PointofLight by @Number10gov for his violence prevention work @GAVEducation
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📸 It's October and time for our #NewProfilePic!. This month, it's @AmbMohamedAlie, Senior #OccupationalTherapy Assistant in the Health and Ageing Unit at King’s. He said: "I work with older patients to help them with upper and lower limb exercises.". ➡️
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Tonight from #TeamKings, we would like to say a huge thank you to all key workers across London #ClapForKeyWorkers 👏
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🏳️🌈📹 Great to hear from Jonathan Lofthouse, Site Chief Executive for the PRUH and South Sites, and @ValentinoInter, at the opening ceremony of the new link-bridge at the PRUH. ➡️
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King’s has become the first centre in the UK to carry out fetoscopic (keyhole) surgery on babies with spina bifida while they are still in their mother’s womb.
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Thank you to everyone who helped raise the Pride flag earlier today to celebrate #PrideMonth2020 🏳️🌈. We are proud of the diversity within #TeamKings and the communities we serve.
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King's College Hospital is 106 today! Here are some photos from our archives of King George V and Queen Mary officially opening the hospital in 1913 and one of the foundation stone being laid by King Edward VII in 1909. #TeamKings 🎈🎂
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Huge congratulations to Kypros Nicolaides, Professor of Fetal Medicine at King’s, just one of 10 non US-based clinicians to be elected to the National Academy of Medicine in the USA. Read more on our website: #TeamKings.
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Today is #NHSBirthday, and from everyone from #TeamKings, we thank everyone who has helped the NHS respond to coronavirus so far — our amazing staff, key workers, and the public. #ThankYouTogether 👏
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Yesterday afternoon our Dermatology Nurses Jodie Newman and Ellise Jaques and two A&E doctors helped deliver a healthy baby in our car park! #TeamKings
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At just four months old, Emmanuel is our youngest COVID-19 survivor, and after spending over six weeks in hospital we were delighted to wave him a safe goodbye when he returned home with his mother earlier this month💙. Watch Emmanuel's video 👉 #TeamKings.
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🏳️🌈 Thank you to all who attended our Pride flag raising at King’s College Hospital today for #LGBTQHistoryMonth. We’re proud to champion diversity and inclusion for our staff, patients and local communities. #TeamKings
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It's our 104th birthday! 🎈 King George V & Queen Mary opened King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill on 26th July 1913. Happy birthday to us 🎂
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We’re incredibly proud of the way everyone at #TeamKings has pulled together to care for patients and support one another during the pandemic. This was highlighted on this evening’s @bbcnews, which is available to watch on BBC iPlayer
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👶📷 A trio of joy on the 75th anniversary of the #NHS. Meet the adorable baby triplets born this afternoon at the Princess Royal University Hospital. #TeamKings l #NHS75
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We were very pleased to welcome HRH The Prince of Wales to King's today to meet with staff and patients following the #WestminsterAttack.
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💬 “I am grateful to my colleagues, they are so wonderful.”. Yesterday, we opened the Mike Edmonds Foot Unit at King’s College Hospital - and messages of support for Professor Edmonds have come in from all over the world. Always humble, here is what Prof had to say…
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Thanks to our friends at @CMFTNHS for this kind gesture - staff in @TeamKingsED are very grateful! 🍕 #NHSfriends #NHS @NHSMillion
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#TeamKings consultant Kathy Fan has become the first woman to be made professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS). “The award of my Chair is important recognition for my specialty, my work in the NHS, and the university.".
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Congratulations to our Critical Care Consultant Dr Sam Hutchings @MilitaryICM on being awarded an OBE for his work on critical care capacity planning during the COVID-19 pandemic #QueensBirthdayHonours
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We are so proud to have won the @HSJ_Awards Workforce Initiative of the Year award for our #COVID19 Staff Support and Wellbeing Programme. Thank you to everyone involved in implementing the staff wellbeing response to help manage the impact of COVID-19. #TeamKings👏
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🎉🏆 We won Workforce Initiative of The Year award at tonight's #HSJAwards!. In recognition of the support provided to Internationally Educated Nurses completing their NMC registration👏. @agimol collected the award - phenomenal work Agi and team!. #TeamKings
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Hi @DIYSOS @MrNickKnowles, this is Arlo, one of our patients. He's nearly 18 months old, but has never left the hospital as he can't breathe without ventilation. With renovations to their house, Arlo could go home to his family for the first time. Any chance you can help them? 🤞
@DIYSOS @MrNickKnowles Have you seen our gorgeous Arlo?Check your inbox and please help bring him home to his family #ArlosArmy #ArlosDIYSOS
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Like many organisations who are supporting us during COVID-19, thank you @GAILsBakery, who donated bakery to our staff and volunteers. Tom Molnar, GAIL’s CEO shared "Last week, we produced over 4,000 loaves of bread and meals for front line NHS health workers". Thank you!
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🙌 After 1⃣2⃣ years, young Thomas is reunited with Professor who saved his life!. Thomas Hay was still in the womb when Prof Kypros Nicolaides, Professor of Fetal Medicine at King’s, carried out a ground-breaking procedure to treat Thomas. Read more ➡️
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📸 During the opening of our new King’s Academy, HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh unveiled a plaque, and also cut a special birthday cake to mark the 75th anniversary of the #NHS!. The cake was made by one of our super talented nurses, Irene dela Cruz!. #TeamKings l #NHS75
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On #InternationalNursesDay thank you to all of our amazing #TeamKings nurses! A local artist captures the essence of kinship, team spirit, and the resilience of our nursing staff at Guthrie Ward. #IND2020
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Huge congratulations to Dr Tom Best from our Critical Care Team, and former King's midwife Jill Demilew for being awarded MBEs in the New Year's Honours List
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Earlier this month we spoke to Alex. He developed symptoms of COVID-19 in March and spent more than two weeks in our intensive care unit. Alex has made a good recovery and wanted to thank King’s staff for the care he received #TeamKings
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💬 "I don't look at it as a job. So I am in neurosurgery; it's not my profession, it's the way I live.". Professor Keyoumars Ashkan, Consultant #Neurosurgeon at King's, features in our #BrilliantPeople series, and shares his love for the work he does. #TeamKings l @KingsNeuro
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We are pleased to share the news that our transgender sexual health service will continue to care for Londoners for a further two years, thanks to extra funding from @lambeth_council, @lb_southwark, and @LewishamCouncil. @Clini_Q @CambSHC.
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"Being a black woman in any profession in today's society is difficult." @KalimahOT is one of our senior discharge co-ordinators and she has written a blog about becoming the first black person to be Chair of @theRCOT England Board. ➡️ #BlackHistoryMonth
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To mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, our elderly care wards have been decorated with bunting and patients will be offered commemorative cupcakes #VEDay75
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We have been marking #BabyLossAwarenessWeek across our hospitals. This evening, as the Hambleden Wing is lit blue to remember babies and children who have died, our thoughts are with families & staff who have experienced loss during pregnancy or after birth.
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#HappyNewYear from #TeamKings. We thank everyone for their incredible support in 2020 and thank our teams working across our hospitals and the rest of the #NHS today. We wish you all a wonderful #2021.🎇
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Thank you @huwbbc. King’s is proud to care for all our patients, and we’re working round the clock to keep everyone safe. Get well soon.
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Professor Clive Kay, our Chief Executive, has been ranked in the Health Service Journal’s list of top 50 NHS Trust Chief Executives. Professor Kay joined King’s in 2019, and is one of only two doctors to feature in HSJ’s top 50 CEOs published today. Congratulations @CliveKay!
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Five years ago today our helipad opened. Since then, 1⃣1⃣2⃣3⃣ patients have been airlifted to King's for life-saving care and treatment. Read some of their stories here➡️
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Cris Fernandez Gonzalez, a talented member of #TeamKings, produced this wonderful painting, called Rainbow of Hope
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Thank you @supportkings for making Easter extra special for our staff and young patients. An ‘egg-traordinary’ 1,500 Easter eggs of all shapes and sizes have put a welcome smile on the faces of patients and staff. #EasterSunday #TeamKings #NHSheroes
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