Wards M to O
Visiting an inpatient
Flowers, plants and latex balloons are not allowed on any wards due to infection control and allergy issues. Please do not bring in valuable items, such as jewellery or large sums of money as we cannot accept liability for the loss of items. Please read our section on security for more advice on how to keep your valuables safe.
Wi-Fi is available free of charge to all patients and visitors
Visiting times
Visitors are welcome on most wards from midday to 9pm. A maximum of two people at a time can visit one patient. If you would like to visit outside of standard visiting hours please contact the ward and speak to the nurse in charge.
On children’s wards: parents or care givers can visit anytime. In addition, two visitors can attend from midday to 9pm. Please note, only one parent or care giver can stay overnight. Siblings are not permitted to stay overnight.
On critical care wards: two visitors can attend 2pm to 7.30pm.
On maternity wards: birthing partners can visit anytime. In addition, two visitors can attend Monday to Friday 2pm to 7pm, or weekends 10am to 7pm.
End of life care patients and in exceptional circumstances: visiting is permitted 24/7 in arrangement with the nurse in charge. Up to four visitors can attend end of life care patients if this can safely happen.
Visiting times may change at short notice.
Marjory Warren Ward
Tel: 020 3299 3301
Location: Seventh floor, Ruskin Wing, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS
Marjory Warren Ward has 30 beds and is part of the Health and Ageing Unit. The ward assesses, treats and rehabilitates frail older people, particularly those with dementia and delirium.
It is a specially designed ‘sensory’ ward which provides a friendlier and more relaxing environment for patients.
The ward is named after Dr Marjory Warren (1897-1960), a surgeon who pioneered specialist healthcare for elderly patients.
Mary Ray Ward
Tel: 020 3299 4850
Location: First floor, Cheyne Wing, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS
Mary Ray Ward has 30 beds and cares for patients who have general medical and respiratory conditions.
It is named after Mary Elizabeth Ray (1864-1933), who in 1906 became the first Sister Matron of the hospital on its new site at Denmark Hill. She was a Patron of King’s Nurses’ League from its foundation in 1924.
Matthew Whiting Discharge Unit
Tel: 020 3299 4179
Location: First floor, Cheyne Wing, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS
Matthew Whiting Discharge Unit is an area for medically fit patients to move to from the ward areas to await medications, transport or other arrangements to facilitate their discharge from hospital.
It is named after Matthew Whiting, a 19th century merchant who guaranteed the hospital’s overdraft and left a bequest to King’s in his will.
Murray Falconer Ward
Tel: 020 3299 4445
Location: Second floor, Ruskin Wing, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS
Murray Falconer Ward cares for patients who are having elective (planned) brain or spine neurosurgery. The ward is attached to the Neuroscience Admission Lounge, where neurosurgery patients are assessed before surgery.
The ward also cares for patients having planned orthopaedic surgery.
The ward has 31 beds divided into a series of bays and 11 side rooms. It is named after Murray Falconer (1910-1977), a distinguished neurosurgeon who set up the neurosurgical unit at the Maudsley Hospital in 1949. He is renowned for his pioneering work in using surgery to treat drug-resistant epilepsy.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Tel: 020 3299 3553
Location: Fourth floor, Golden Jubilee Wing, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit provides intensive, high dependency and special care for newborn babies. It has 34 cots and treats about 650 newborns a year.
Nightingale Birth Centre
Tel: 020 3299 3222
Location: Fourth floor, Golden Jubilee Wing, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS
The Nightingale Birth Centre includes a doctor-led labour ward and theatres, midwife-led suites with birth pools, an induction of labour bay, high dependency unit, transitional care, and theatre recovery.
The ward is named after the Nightingale Trustee Fund, which funded the first ward at King’s to train midwives in 1861.
Oliver Ward
Tel: 020 3299 4842
Location: Ground floor, Cheyne Wing, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS
Oliver Ward has 30 beds and specialises in treating general medical patients and patients with diabetes and endocrine (hormonal) conditions.
It is named after Percy Lane Oliver OBE (1878-1944), a local volunteer for the Red Cross who established the first voluntary blood transfusion service, a forerunner of the National Blood Service.