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Providing the best possible care to our patients is our priority. To do this we monitor daily the needs (acuity) of patients on each ward to ensure there are sufficient numbers of trained nurses and nursing assistants at all times. This ensures that staff have time to listen to patients and relatives, and to deliver safe, responsive care.

David Cheesman has been appointed as the new Programme Director of the King's Health Partners Integrated Cancer Centre.

Frontline staff at Guy's and St Thomas' are getting the flu jab to protect not only themselves but also our patients this winter.

The Akerman Health Centre in Brixton won the award for Best Primary Care Design at the 2013 Building Better Healthcare Awards.

Paralympic athlete Scott Moorhouse urged amputee patients to aim high and strive to be the very best as he officially opened a state-of-the-art rehabilitation unit in south London.

Five-year-old Alexis Wallace is the star of a radio advert and online film, appealing to people to give blood this Christmas.

Thomas the Tank Engine's Fat Controller took some time off from his duties on the railway to deliver presents to patients at Evelina London Children's Hospital this week.

Professor Tony Rudd, is one of the 50 most innovative people in healthcare, according to the Health Service Journal (HSJ).

The lives of hundreds of babies a year in the UK could be saved thanks to a rapid blood test that can accurately diagnose pre-eclampsia for the first time.

Inpatients who completed the Friends and Family Test at Guy's and St Thomas' gave our hospitals a score of 79 in September. Scores from A&E patients continue to improve - up to 63 in September from 34 in July.