The difference we're making

Thanks to our supporters, we're able to fund all kinds of projects to develop better treatments and care and to improve how people feel in King's hospitals. Use the filters below to explore examples of work we've funded and what this means for King's staff, patients and families.

Creating a sanctuary for parents with sick children

Thanks to the incredible efforts of the Betts, Dove and Rice families, who all raised money in honour of their children, we have transformed three…

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Creating a Culture of Support

To provide the best care for our patients we need to provide the best care for our staff. At the Princess Royal University Hospital, the Chartwell…

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Making life more manageable for NHS staff

Although we’re unable to transform the challenges facing the national NHS workforce, we have continued to focus on areas where we can make a…

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Psychological support for staff

NHS staff can struggle with a heavy burden – long and inflexible working hours, a highly stressful work environment and the emotional toll of working…

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Reducing the risk of sight loss

Thanks to our funding, leading surgeon Timothy Jackson has been using deep learning models to accurately predict when diabetic retinopathy, a disease…

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Improving outcomes for patients with epilepsy

Thanks to the generous support of the Charles Sykes Memorial Fund, we were able to invest £80,000 to help improve treatment and outcomes for patients…

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Pioneering liver treatment and care for adults

We are proud to fund world-leading research to pioneer novel treatments to save lives and improve the quality of life for people with liver disease.

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Liver Youth Transition Worker

Over the last 30 years, significant progress has been made in liver disease and transplantation, especially in children. Long-term survival is now…

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Strengthening King's Volunteers

We have intensified our long-standing support for King’s Volunteers, working in partnership with King's to strengthen the team that makes such a…

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Little Journey to make surgery less frightening

We're proud to have funded this app to help to ease children's fears by giving them a virtual tour of the hospital wards and theatres, using real…

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A lifeline for bereaved patients and staff

Thanks to Charity funding, our award-winning bereavement service provided tailored therapeutic grief counselling to over 350 people.

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Helping to alleviate boredom and isolation

Boredom, isolation and anxiety are common struggles during hospital stays. Having easy access to distraction tools and techniques can help patients…

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Using 3D printing technology to improve care for heart patients

We are proud to be funding a key project exploring how bioengineering, 3D printing technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be combined to…

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Emergency support for families in need

Life can be turned upside down in an instant when a loved one is suddenly admitted to King’s. But we are proud to fund projects that offer families…

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