Celestine Thomas-Frazer, 54, from Camberwell, took the decision to qualify as a nurse when she was in her fifties. She was in her final year at university in Essex when the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, and volunteered to finish her studies early to help the NHS.

King’s College Hospital received their first COVID-19 patient on 3 March 2020. With our hospitals right on the front line of the greatest health crisis in generations, we rose to the challenge to provide additional practical, emotional and psychological support to our heroic NHS staff, vulnerable patients and their families.

A liver transplant saved Ralph Smith’s life in 2017. Now he is funding revolutionary research which has the potential to save countless lives worldwide.

Dr Tom Best has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Year Honours list for services to critical care, particularly for his work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Meet Jessie John (7) – charity ambassador, fundraiser and campaigner for more fun in hospitals.  He wants to raise money to buy play equipment for young patients at King’s and the item at the top of his wish list is a slide.

A patient at King’s College Hospital in London has played the violin while surgeons removed a tumour from her brain, using a cutting-edge intraoperative ultrasound machine funded by King's College Hospital Charity.