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7 Dec

Leadership team pledges disability action

As part of Disability History Month, senior members of the leadership team at Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital have pledged their personal commitment to a new initiative on disability. Watch video

6 Dec

First successful lung transplant for a Covid patient in the UK

The first patient in the UK who required a double lung transplant due to complications from Covid-19 has been successfully discharged from Harefield Hospital after his transplant in June. Read more

1 Dec

New Chairman takes up joint role

Charles Alexander has today started in his new role as Joint Chairman of Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts. Charles joins from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, where he has been Chairman since 2016.

17 Nov

Raised inflammation markers in people with lung scarring after severe COVID sheds light on potential preventative treatments for severe respiratory conditions

Markers of inflammation, found in the bloodstream and upper airways of patients who had recovered from severe Covid infection, could be targeted with existing medications to prevent debilitating lung scarring conditions, a paper published on Wednesday 16 November in Science Translational Medicine finds. Read more