Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Guy’s and StThomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK. It consists of St Thomas’ Hospital, Evelina London Children’s’ Hospital and Guy’s Hospital.
The Trust provides a full range of hospital services, as well as specialist services including cancer, cardiothoracic, women and children’s services, kidney care and orthopaedics. Guy’s is a major centre for cancer and renal services with the UK’s largest kidney donor programme, and is also a leading centre for genetics, stem cell and allergy research. St Thomas’ is a leading centre for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, stroke, HIV and dermatology.
The Trust has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest A&E departments in London.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has an annual turnover of £1.2 billion and employs 13,200 staff.
Last year the Trust handled:
- 956,000 outpatients
- 83,000 inpatients
- 74,000 day case patients
- 176,000 accident and emergency attendances
- delivered 6,800 babies
- 790,000 in community services
- 2 million patient contacts per year
The Trust has 665 beds at St Thomas’, 288 at Guy’s and 144 at the Evelina London Children’s hospital an 64 in the community.
NHS statistics show that our patient survival rates are nearly 25 per cent better than the national average. This is one of the lowest standardised mortality rates in the NHS and provides an important indication of the quality of care provided by our clinical staff.
St John’s Institute
St John’s Institute of Dermatology is the largest clinical dermatology unit in the UK and remains one of the world’s leading centres for patients with skin diseases. It has five highly specialised laboratory services dedicated to the diagnosis and management of skin disease within St John’s:
• Immunodermatology laboratory
• Dermatopathology laboratory
• Epidermolysis bullosa laboratory
• Skin tumour unit
• Mycology diagnostic service
