Guy's and St Thomas'

What Guy's and St Thomas' does

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is a publicly owned NHS Foundation Trust headquartered in London, operating five major hospital sites — Guy's Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital, Harefield Hospital, and Evelina London Children's Hospital — alongside community health centres across south east London. The Trust employs more than 15,000 staff and serves as one of the UK's eight academic health sciences centres through King's Health Partners, hosting the GKT School of Medical Education jointly with King's College London. Its clinical portfolio spans cardiovascular, cancer, renal, orthopaedic, paediatric, and emergency services, with national referral positions in cardiac and respiratory medicine (Royal Brompton/Harefield), paediatric care (Evelina London), and oncology (Cancer Centre at Guy's, including the Innovation Hub running up to 150 simultaneous clinical trials).

The Trust's core technology stack is anchored by the Epic electronic health record system deployed across all sites in 2023, with patient access via the MyChart app integrated with NHS Login. Research infrastructure includes the NIHR Clinical Research Facility (5 research-dedicated units), the Advanced Therapies Accelerator for cell and gene therapies, the London Medical Imaging & AI Centre for Value Based Healthcare, and five MRC centres hosted via King's College London. The Innovation Hub at the Cancer Centre runs up to 150 clinical trials concurrently. Commercial AI and technology partnerships include Siemens, Paige, Owkin, Oxford Nanopore, Illumina, and BD Biosciences, supporting imaging diagnostics, genomics, and immune disease research. The MONACO first-in-human cell therapy trial for post-COVID-19 lung scarring demonstrates translational research capability.

Revenue is generated principally through NHS England block funding and clinical commissioning group contracts (subscription/recurring model, free at point of use), with a secondary private patients service operating on a quote-based one-time payment model. The Trust is a public statutory body — not equity-listed, with no private equity or venture capital ownership — governed by a Board of Directors and Council of Governors. Distribution is direct via hospital sites, NHS referral pathways, and the private patients unit. Strategic positioning is reinforced by royal patronage, CQC outstanding/good ratings, Investors in People Gold Standard accreditation, and top-scoring NHS Staff Survey 2025 results across multiple People Promise themes.

Name

Guy's and St Thomas'

Legal name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Website

https://guysandstthomas.nhs.uk

Company type

Public

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is a publicly funded UK NHS Foundation Trust operating five major London hospitals and community services, delivering cardiovascular, cancer, paediatric, and specialist clinical services alongside medical education and translational research.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (622310)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

Keywords

• Hospital healthcare services
• Clinical research programmes
• Medical education training
• Specialist cancer care
• NHS foundation trust

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. NHS Core Funding: Government-funded healthcare services provided under the National Health Service framework. Core funding from NHS England and clinical commissioning groups for providing hospital and community health services to the population served.
2. Private Patient Services: Dedicated private patients division offering healthcare services to private individuals outside the NHS framework, providing an additional revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is a publicly funded NHS hospital group operating five main hospital sites (Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's, Royal Brompton, Harefield) plus community health centres in south east London. It provides comprehensive secondary and tertiary clinical services across cardiovascular, cancer, renal, paediatric, maternity, dental, emergency, and community specialisms, alongside private patient care, NIHR clinical research delivery, medical and nursing education via the GKT School of Medical Education and SaIL Centre, and workforce training through apprenticeship programmes.

Product overview

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust operates as a multi-hospital NHS foundation trust offering integrated healthcare services across 5 main hospital sites (Guy's Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital, and Harefield Hospital) plus community health centres. The Trust's core technology platform is Epic Electronic Health Records, with patient-facing access via the MyChart app and NHS App integration. Specialized services include the Cancer Centre at Guy's with its village-based model (Welcome, Radiotherapy, Outpatients, Chemotherapy, and Innovation Hub) and Evelina London Children's Hospital. Research capabilities are delivered through the NIHR Clinical Research Facility and Innovation Hub, while education is provided via the GKT School of Medical Education and Simulation and Interactive Learning (SaIL) Centre. Workforce development includes apprenticeship programmes spanning clinical and non-clinical areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cancer Centre at Guy's Specialized cancer treatment and care facility organised into five village-style clusters (Welcome, Radiotherapy, Outpatients, Chemotherapy, Innovation Hub) providing integrated cancer care from diagnosis through treatment and survivorship support for NHS and private patients.
• Evelina London Children's Hospital Specialist children's hospital at St Thomas' Hospital providing comprehensive paediatric care including cardiology, intensive care, and planned specialist cancer services, serving approximately 104,000 children and young people annually (opened 2005).
• MyChart Patient App Digital patient portal allowing individuals to access their Epic health records, view and manage hospital appointments, and engage with their healthcare journey; integrates with NHS Login for secure identity verification and connects to NHS Wayfinder for elective care referrals.
• Acute Oncology Service 24/7 telephone support and assessment service for cancer patients experiencing severe symptoms or treatment-related complications, operating from the Cancer Centre at Guy's and supporting NHS patients across the Trust's catchments.
• Radiotherapy Services Advanced radiotherapy treatment services delivered at the Cancer Centre at Guy's (whose radiotherapy village is the first in Europe to offer radiotherapy above ground level) and at Guy's Cancer at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup.
• NIHR Clinical Research Facility NIHR-funded clinical research infrastructure providing experimental medicine capacity across five research-dedicated units, recruiting more than 1 in 10 of all patients entering CRF trials nationally and supporting commercial and academic clinical research across the Trust.
• Simulation and Interactive Learning (SaIL) Centre State-of-the-art simulation-based clinical training facility offering realistic and safe learning environments for healthcare staff and students, supporting undergraduate and postgraduate medical, nursing, allied health, and dental education programmes.
• GKT School of Medical Education Joint medical school operated with King's College London and King's College Hospital since 1998; one of the largest medical education programmes in the UK delivering undergraduate medical education and postgraduate medical training.
• Apprenticeship Programmes Nationally recognised apprenticeship programmes combining on-the-job training with off-the-job learning over 12 months to 4 years, spanning clinical and non-clinical pathways including nursing, dental nursing, engineering, and business administration; the Trust currently employs 540 apprentices.
• Dimbleby Cancer Care Comprehensive cancer support service providing information, complementary therapies, psychological support, and welfare/benefits advice for cancer patients and their families during and after treatment at the Trust.
• Private Patients Service Dedicated private healthcare service within the Trust offering quote-based clinical care to self-paying and insured patients across the Trust's specialties, sitting alongside the NHS-funded service as a separate revenue stream.
• Royal Brompton Hospital (Specialist Heart and Lung Services) Specialist heart and lung hospital acquired into the Trust in 2021; one of the largest specialist cardiac and respiratory centres in the UK, delivering tertiary adult and paediatric cardiac and respiratory care and supporting NIHR Clinical Research Facility activity.
• Harefield Hospital (Specialist Heart and Lung Services) Specialist heart and lung hospital acquired into the Trust in 2021, hosting the Transplant Outpatients Department and delivering tertiary cardiac, respiratory, and transplant services.
• Innovation Hub at Cancer Centre (Clinical Trials Facility) State-of-the-art research facility within the Cancer Centre at Guy's running up to 150 clinical trials simultaneously, focused on developing new cancer treatments in collaboration with industry and academic partners.

Quantifiable outcome

• 29,807 research participants in 2,080 studies in 2022/23
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability6 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

26 partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• Dalkia UK (Energy Services arm)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 July 2026Meridiam's delivery partner for technical and energy services. One of the UK's leading technical and energy services providers. Will help modernise ageing energy systems, reduce emissions and create scalable model for NHS transition to heat electrification and low-carbon healthcare.
• King's College LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998GKT School of Medical Education formed in 1998 when medical schools joined with King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry. Joint medical school run with King's College London and King's College Hospital. Partnership with top academic institutions to help train health professionals the NHS depends on.
• King's Health PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the UK's 8 academic health sciences centres. Committed to developing a healthcare workforce of the highest quality. Access to world class medical research, practice and teaching.
• King's College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint medical school partnership through GKT School of Medical Education. Collaboration on medical education and research across three hospital campuses.
• London South Bank UniversitysecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with London South Bank University to help train health professionals through education and training programmes.
• NIHR Research Delivery Network - South LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal collaboration for research delivery supporting clinical research across South London region.
• NIHR Research Support ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNIHR Research Support Service hub at King's providing support for research design and delivery.
• King's College LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHosts 5 of the UK's Medical Research Council (MRC) centres focusing on: transplant, asthma, developmental neurobiology, environment and health, and social, genetic and development psychiatry. Includes MRC Centre for Transplantation, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health.
• Queen Mary University of LondonsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research partnership for collaboration on research studies and medical education.
• St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal collaboration for research and healthcare delivery across South London.
• St George's University of LondonsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for medical education and research collaboration.
• Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research CentresecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership for breast cancer research and treatment development.
• Juvenile Diabetes Research CentresecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration for juvenile diabetes research and treatment.
• British Heart Foundation Centre of Research ExcellencesecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerBHF Centre of Research Excellence partnership for cardiovascular research.
• King's Health Partners Experimental Cancer Medicine CentresecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for experimental cancer medicine research and clinical trials.
• Arthritis Research UK's Centre for Excellence in the Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid ArthritissecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch centre partnership for rheumatoid arthritis research.
• EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Smart Medical ImagingsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for doctoral training in smart medical imaging technology.
• BD BiosciencessecondaryTechnology or IntegrationStrategic agreement enabling collaboration on development of clinical diagnostics and research platforms for a range of immune diseases.
• PfizersecondaryTechnology or IntegrationCommercial collaboration supporting twin research unit's work on pain-related studies.
• Cell and Gene Therapy CatapultsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration supporting advanced therapies development and manufacturing.
• Orchard TherapeuticssecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommercial collaboration in cell and gene therapy development.
• Oxford NanoporesecondaryTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for genomic research and diagnostics.
• SiemenssecondaryTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration on artificial intelligence (AI) research related to healthcare technology.
• PaigesecondaryTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration on AI research for pathology and diagnostics.
• OwkinsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration on AI and machine learning research for healthcare applications.
• IlluminasecondaryTechnology or IntegrationGenomics facility partnership for genetic research and sequencing services.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Partner with GSTT in the GKT School of Medical Education and King's Health Partners academic health sciences centre; comparable as a London teaching trust with major tertiary services, Denmark Hill campus and similar NHS Foundation Trust governance.
• Barts Health NHS Trust: Largest NHS trust in the UK operating multiple hospitals across east London; directly comparable to GSTT as a multi-site London NHS trust delivering the full range of acute, specialist and community services to a large urban population.
• The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust: UK's leading specialist cancer hospital and NHS Foundation Trust with strong commercial trial activity; directly comparable to GSTT's Guy's Cancer and Innovation Hub as a specialist oncology provider and a current collaborative partner for south London children's cancer services.
• Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust: One of the largest NHS trusts in England formed from the merger of several hospitals including specialist children's (Royal Manchester Children's Hospital) and major teaching activity; comparable in scale, multi-site structure and specialist paediatric/research capabilities.
• Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Major UK academic health sciences centre (Addenbrooke's) with a strong research profile and Epic EHR deployment; comparable to GSTT as a large teaching trust combining general acute services with specialist tertiary work and a national/international referral base.
• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: One of the UK's largest academic health science centre NHS trusts operating five hospitals across north-west London; directly comparable to GSTT as a London-based teaching trust with a similar scale, research intensity and tertiary/specialist service mix.
• University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH): London-based academic health science centre and NHS Foundation Trust delivering specialist and general acute services with a strong research portfolio; comparable in scale, teaching hospital status and concentration of quaternary specialisms in central London.
• Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust: The UK's premier specialist children's hospital with an international referral base and major research output; directly comparable to Evelina London as a quaternary paediatric provider competing for the same specialist commissioning flows and research talent.

Regional players

• Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: London NHS Foundation Trust operating two acute hospital sites; comparable as a fellow London teaching-affiliated trust but smaller in scale and lacking GSTT's specialist quaternary paediatric and cardiac/respiratory platforms.

Emerging players

• Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: UK's leading specialist heart and lung hospital and NHS Foundation Trust; comparable to the Royal Brompton/Harefield arm of GSTT as a cardiac and respiratory quaternary provider, though smaller and focused exclusively on that specialty rather than a full general acute portfolio.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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