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  • 16 December 2025

    This festive season, we want to help as many of our inpatients as possible to get home, so they don’t have to spend Christmas in hospital. That’s why we’ve launched ‘Operation Sleigh Bells’.

  • 15 December 2025

    Services at Kingston Hospital will be impacted by strike action taking place from 7am on Wednesday 17 December until 7am on Monday 22 December. Patients should continue to attend appointments as planned, unless they are told otherwise. It is important that people also continue to come forward for urgent care during the strike action, especially in an emergency and in life-threatening cases.

  • 15 December 2025

    On 3 December, representatives from Kingston Council, the NHS, and the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector came together to officially launch the Kingston Compact - an important milestone for partnership working in the borough. The Kingston Compact is a shared agreement, which aims to strengthen collaboration and improve outcomes for local residents by supporting prevention, inclusion, and community wellbeing.

  • 11 December 2025

    Findings from the Care Quality Commission’s National Maternity Survey 2025 have recognised the high level of care offered to those who choose Kingston Hospital for their maternity journey. The survey results are based on the experiences of 149 people who used Kingston Hospital’s maternity services and birthed their babies in February 2025.

  • 10 December 2025

    Health and care partners in Kingston and Richmond have been recognised at the London Personalised Care Awards, hosted by the Coalition for Personalised Care. The Proactive Anticipatory Care (PAC) team received the Collaborative Working Award, for their contributions to supporting personalised care through the PAC service, which was originally launched as a pilot in 2021, and supports local people to be in control of their health and wellbeing.

  • 5 December 2025

    Christmas festivities officially began at Kingston Hospital on Wednesday 3 December with the switching on of the hospital’s Christmas lights.