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Featured news item2 September 2026
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust will introduce new parking arrangements at Teddington Memorial Hospital (TMH) and Teddington Health and Social Care Centre (THSCC) from Monday 5 October 2026, aimed at improving access for patients, visitors and staff.
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12 August 2026
Roisin Hyde, Occupational Therapist at Richmond Rehabilitation Unit, has secured a place on the prestigious National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Developing Research Leaders Programme.
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11 August 2026
An Amber Heat-health alert has been issued by the Met Office and will be in place until 9pm on Friday 14 August.
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11 August 2026
Members of the public are welcome to attend our Board meetings, which are held in person, and with an option to join virtually. Our next Board meeting will take place on Thursday 3 September, 9.30am - 12.30pm.
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6 August 2026
Vasha Kaur, Upper GI Surgeon and Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) Surgical Tutor at Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust, has been awarded the British Asian Women’s Award for Achievements in Education.
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4 August 2026
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust is holding its annual general meeting (AGM) and annual foundation trust members meeting on Monday 21 September 2026 from 6pm, at Kingston Hospital (Lecture Theatre 1, Level 5 Kingston Surgical Centre).
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3 August 2026
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating the achievement of nine newly qualified Professional Nurse Advocates (PNAs), who have completed their training and joined the Trust's growing network of staff support champions.
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30 July 2026
We are pleased to be appointing new public governors. If you are a member of Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust you can run for governor.
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29 July 2026
Kingston’s Homebirth team is celebrating excellent outcomes for families choosing to give birth at home, with new figures showing a homebirth rate almost double the national average.
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28 July 2026
Ambient Voice Technology (AVT) has recently launched at Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust. The introduction of AVT is an important step in our digital journey and reflects our commitment to using technology to improve the experience of both patients and staff.
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22 July 2026
A total of 170 adults who received inpatient or day-case cancer care at Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust responded to the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2025, representing a 48% response rate. Patients rated their overall care experience 9.1 out of 10, with 94% of respondents saying their care team worked well together. In addition, 92% of respondents said they had a named contact within their care team, and 97% found advice from their main point of contact helpful.
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21 July 2026
We’re proud to sign the Get Ahead on Flex pledge and back the campaign from NHS Unions to ensure that every NHS employee benefits from a consistent, positive approach to flexible working.
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14 July 2026
Congratulations to the first graduates of our innovative 'Volunteer to career' programme. The Trust's Chief Allied Health Professional, Caroline Hopper, recently joined Senior Physiotherapist, Rabel Sundro, to celebrate the achievements of the programme’s first cohort. Participants were all graduates and experienced overseas qualified healthcare clinicians in psychology and physiotherapy.
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8 July 2026
A new exhibition celebrating the creative talents of Kingston University students is now on display at Kingston Hospital, showcasing the power of art to enhance healthcare environments and support wellbeing.
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6 July 2026
An Amber Heat-health alert has been issued by the Met Office and will be in place from 9am on 8 July until the evening of 12 July 2026.
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30 June 2026
Plans are progressing to refurbish and expand the Emergency Department (ED) at Kingston Hospital, marking a significant step towards improving urgent and emergency care services for local communities.
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26 June 2026
In common with all NHS organisations, we are aware of the recently published independent review into maternity and neonatal services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Baroness Amos’ independent investigation into maternity and neonatal services in England, and the actions set out by the Government in response.
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23 June 2026
The Met Office and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have issued rare red warnings for Wednesday and Thursday with significant health and infrastructure impacts expected.
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16 June 2026
Members of the public are welcome to attend our Board meetings, which are held in person, and with an option to join virtually. Our next Board meeting will take place on Thursday 9 July, 9.30am - 12.30pm.
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15 June 2026
On Friday 12 June, the Trust welcomed a delegation of Members of Parliament from South Korea, accompanied by SunHwa Griffiths, who is a Trust Governor and KJ Dunn, Chair of the Korean UK Nurses Association.
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27 May 2026
Like all NHS Trusts, we are currently supporting the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) with its national review of historical self-declarations.
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18 May 2026
To mark Deaf Awareness Week earlier this month, Dr Fatin (Fizz) Izagaren, Paediatrician and Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant, shared her story.
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8 May 2026
The National Cancer Patient Experience Survey (NCPES) asks cancer patients (16 years and older) about their experiences of care. If you had treatment for cancer in hospital as an inpatient or day-case between April and June 2026, you may be invited to take part in the survey later in the year.
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6 May 2026
Jo Farrar, CEO of Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust, has been listed in the Health Service Journal (HSJ) 'Top 50 Chief Executives' list.
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16 April 2026
Congratulations to Emily Shuttleworth, Hepatology Clinical Nurse Specialist, who was awarded Silver for Gastrointestinal Nurse of the Year in last month’s British Journal of Nursing's annual awards.
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14 April 2026
Members of the public are welcome to attend our Board meetings, which are held in person, and with an option to join virtually. Our next Board meeting will take place on Thursday 7 May, 9.30am - 12.30pm.
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2 April 2026
Services at Kingston Hospital will be impacted by strike action taking place from 7am on Tuesday 7 April until 7am on Monday 13 April.
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19 March 2026
The NHS in south west London is reviewing how outpatient care works so that people can be seen in the right place, at the right time, with the right support. As part of this work, local people are being asked to share their experiences through a short online survey. The feedback will help shape services in the future.
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5 March 2026
The NHS wants to make sure parents have a good experience of neonatal care for their babies. Getting feedback from parents helps us improve and give parents and babies what they need.
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17 February 2026
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust recently welcomed local students to a dedicated careers event focused on allied health professions. More than 35 students from local schools and colleges joined Trust colleagues to learn about a wide range of allied health professional (AHP) roles, including orthoptics, podiatry, operating department practice, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, radiography, speech and language therapy, dietetics, and paramedicine.
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12 February 2026
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust has reached a major digital milestone, with more than 200,000 patients now registered to use its Patient Portal.
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9 February 2026
Members of the public are welcome to attend our Board meetings, which are held in person, and with an option to join virtually. Our next Board meeting will take place on Thursday 5 March , 9.30am - 12.30pm.
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5 February 2026
Over recent weeks, Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust's volunteering team has been out in force, providing extra support to colleagues in the Emergency Department. Our volunteers have truly gone above and beyond, covering extra shifts to ensure there has been a volunteer presence in the department, from 6am to 11pm.
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9 January 2026
Members of the public are welcome to attend our Board meetings, which are held in person, and with an option to join virtually. Our next Board meeting will take place on Thursday 29 January , 9.30am - 12.30pm.
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29 December 2025
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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’.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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5 December 2025
Christmas festivities officially began at Kingston Hospital on Wednesday 3 December with the switching on of the hospital’s Christmas lights.
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26 November 2025
Kingston and Richmond have been selected by NHS England to lead a pioneering project that will explore how health and care information systems can be better integrated, to empower patients and to support care providers to deliver an improved frailty service for our communities.
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21 November 2025
Allied health professionals (AHPs) are key to patient care and are the third largest workforce in the NHS. If you are aged 16 or over and interested in a career in any of these areas, join us on Friday 13 February to meet some of our staff and learn more about allied health professional roles in the NHS. There will also be an opportunity to shadow some of our AHPs.
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18 November 2025
Kingston Hospital’s anaesthetics department has once again been awarded Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA) by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA). ACSA is a nationally recognised quality improvement programme that assesses anaesthetic departments against rigorous standards, covering every aspect of the surgical patient pathway. The process includes an external review of the service, inspections, and interviews with staff.
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18 November 2025
Jacqui Holmes, Operational Lead for Inpatient Physiotherapy at Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust, was recently invited to speak at the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) national conference, on the topic of reconditioning. The invitation followed her recognition as the 2024 BGS Rising Star for Clinical Quality, awarded for her work in developing the Eat, Drink, Dress, Move (EDDM) programme.
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14 November 2025
Following a successful quality improvement project led by Revd Sekai Katsande, Assistant Chaplain and Pastoral and Spiritual Specialist, and the submission of an abstract titled Embedding Pastoral and Spiritual Support in ICU - co-authored with ICU consultant, Dr Shao Chong - Trust staff were invited to present their work at the Annual Congress of the European Society for Intensive Care Medicine in Munich.
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13 November 2025
This year, the Maternity Unit at Kingston Hospital is celebrating its 30th year in its current setting. Staff recently marked the occasion with a baking competition, raising over £500 for Kingston Hospital Charity’s maternity fund, to support ongoing projects and improvements within the unit.
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12 November 2025
Services at Kingston Hospital will be impacted by strike action taking place from 7am on Friday 14 November until 7am on Wednesday 19 November. 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.
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10 October 2025
Members of the public are welcome to attend our Board meetings, which are held in person, and with an option to join virtually. Our next Board meeting will take place on Thursday 6 November, 9.30am - 12.30pm.
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7 October 2025
Kingston Hospital has been recognised with an award from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) as the most improved hospital in the UK for trainee evaluation feedback.
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2 October 2025
Thanks to funding from the League of Friends of Teddington Memorial Hospital, a new one-stop-shop for chronic pain management has officially opened at Teddington Health and Social Care Centre (THSCC).
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25 September 2025
Watch our short film to hear from Alberto Barea (Dermatology Nurse Consultant) and colleagues about the unique structure, services, and impact of the dermatology specialist nursing team at Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust.
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19 September 2025
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new programme to offer NHS experience and routes into employment, through volunteering.