Evelina London

What Evelina London does

Evelina London is a specialist NHS children's hospital and community healthcare provider operated as part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, headquartered at Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH. It delivers hospital-based and community-based pediatric services across 60-plus medical and surgical specialties, including a 24/7 Emergency Department, inpatient and outpatient care, day surgery, pre-assessment clinics, pediatric intensive care, and the South Thames Retrieval Service for critical care transfers. Community services operate from sites including Mary Sheridan Centre (Lambeth) and Sunshine House (Southwark), spanning health visiting, school nursing and specialist community therapies across South London. The hospital holds Royal Patronage from The Princess of Wales and is a member of King's Health Partners academic health sciences centre.

Underlying technology and digital infrastructure include the Epic MyChart patient portal app — which provides parents/guardians with proxy access to manage appointments, view health records, complete questionnaires and message clinical teams — and a Microsoft Teams-based video consultation platform for outpatient appointments. The Evelina Resolution Project, launched in 2013, is a first-of-kind in a children's hospital mediation service operated with The Medical Mediation Foundation. Evelina London was the first children's hospital in the UK to receive a CQC 'outstanding' rating (2015, retained 2019), with community services rated 'good' and in the top 33% nationally.

Revenue is principally derived from NHS government allocations for publicly funded care delivered free at point of use, supplemented by fee-paying private and international patient services and charitable fundraising through the associated Evelina London Children's Charity. Specific revenue figures are not publicly disclosed. Customer segments are pediatric patients (0–18), parents/carers, referring GPs and clinicians, and children with specific medical needs; GTM is direct-to-patient via NHS referrals, emergency walk-ins, community access points and digital self-service channels.

Name

Evelina London

Legal name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Website

https://evelinalondon.nhs.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Evelina London is an NHS specialist children's hospital and community healthcare provider, part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, serving pediatric patients (0–18), families and referring clinicians across South London and the South Thames region with hospital, community, emergency and digital services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. NHS Funded Healthcare Services: Publicly funded healthcare services provided free at point of use under the UK National Health Service. Funding comes from UK government NHS allocations based on population needs and commissioning arrangements.
2. Charitable Donations and Fundraising: Evelina London Children's Charity raises funds through donations, events, and legacies to provide enhanced care beyond standard NHS provision, funding equipment, research, and facility improvements.
3. Private and International Patient Services: Fee-paying services for private patients and international patients not covered under NHS arrangements.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Evelina London is a specialist NHS children's hospital providing inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and surgical care for children and young people from birth through adolescence. It also operates community-based pediatric services including health visiting, school nursing, and specialist therapies across South London. The hospital is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and offers digital patient engagement via the MyChart app and remote consultations via Microsoft Teams video appointments.

Product overview

Evelina London operates as a single unified children's healthcare provider offering both hospital-based and community-based services. The core offerings consist of Evelina London Children's Hospital (rated Outstanding by CQC) providing specialist inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and surgical care, alongside Evelina London Community Services (rated Good) delivering health visiting, school nursing, and community therapies. Additional services include the South Thames Retrieval Service for emergency pediatric transport, Children's Day Treatment Centre for day surgery, and Pre-assessment Clinic for surgical preparation. Digital patient engagement is enabled through the MyChart app (Epic) for health record management and Microsoft Teams-powered Virtual Appointments for remote consultations. The hospital also provides specialized services including a 24/7 Emergency Department, the Evelina Mediation Service for conflict resolution, and COVID-19 vaccination services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MyChart: Patient app for managing health records, appointments, and communications with healthcare providers

Products and services

• Evelina London Children's Hospital A specialist NHS children's hospital providing inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care for children and young people from birth through adolescence, part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
• Evelina London Community Services Community-based children's health services including health visiting, school nursing, community nursing, and specialist therapies delivered across South London locations including Mary Sheridan Centre (Lambeth) and Sunshine House (Southwark).
• Emergency Department (A&E) 24/7 pediatric Emergency Department specifically for children requiring urgent care, accepting walk-in patients and emergency transfers.
• South Thames Retrieval Service (STRS) A specialist transport and retrieval service for critically ill children, providing emergency transfer to Evelina London's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).
• Children's Day Treatment Centre Day surgery unit providing planned surgical procedures where children do not need to stay overnight.
• Pre-assessment Clinic Pre-operative assessment service ensuring children are fit for general anaesthetic before surgery, including blood tests, ECG, and physical examination.
• Evelina Mediation Service Independent, confidential mediation service supporting families, patients and healthcare professionals to resolve conflict, provided by The Medical Mediation Foundation.
• COVID-19 Vaccination Service Vaccination service for eligible children including those aged 6 months and older, including those with allergies and specific medical conditions, provided at Francis House at Guy's Hospital.
• Private and International Patient Services Fee-paying healthcare services for private patients and international patients not covered under NHS arrangements.

Quantifiable outcome

• First children's hospital rated 'outstanding' by Care Quality Commission
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEvelina London is an integral part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, one of the UK's leading NHS Foundation Trusts. The hospital shares governance, leadership, and resources with Guy's Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital, and Harefield Hospital within the trust.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Texas Children's Hospital: One of the largest US paediatric hospitals, with a comprehensive specialty portfolio and significant private/international patient services. Comparable as a broad-incumbent paediatric system that benchmarks specialty depth and tertiary paediatric service lines relevant to Evelina.
• Boston Children's Hospital: Harvard-affiliated US specialist paediatric hospital with extensive research, complex care, and international patient programmes. Comparable as a top-tier academic children's hospital with a similar specialty breadth to Evelina's 60+ paediatric specialties.
• The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids): Major Canadian paediatric hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto with research-intensive paediatric services. Comparable as a globally recognised specialist children's hospital with a similar academic health sciences partnership model to Evelina's King's Health Partners linkage.
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP): Largest and oldest US paediatric hospital with a comprehensive research enterprise and large private/international patient practice. Comparable as a globally recognised specialist children's hospital and benchmark for what an Evelina-style tertiary paediatric centre can scale to.

Direct peers

• Royal Manchester Children's Hospital: One of the UK's largest specialist children's hospitals, part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Comparable scale and case mix to Evelina, with similar tertiary paediatric role across a defined regional catchment.
• Birmingham Children's Hospital: Specialist NHS children's hospital within Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. Comparable as a major UK specialist paediatric provider offering tertiary medical and surgical services, emergency care, and complex specialty referral pathways.
• Great North Children's Hospital: Specialist children's hospital within Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Comparable as an NHS-run specialist paediatric provider delivering tertiary inpatient, outpatient and emergency care, with strong academic/research links analogous to Evelina's King's Health Partners association.
• Alder Hey Children's Hospital: NHS specialist paediatric hospital in Liverpool with a full inpatient/outpatient/emergency paediatric portfolio and an embedded children's research infrastructure. Closely comparable as a regional specialist children's hospital with similar NHS funding model and tertiary referral function.
• Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children: The UK's leading specialist NHS children's hospital, also rated 'Outstanding' by CQC. Most directly comparable peer: same NHS model, same tertiary paediatric referral base, and the dominant competitor for complex paediatric cases, private patients, and international referrals in London.

Others

• King's Health Partners: Academic health sciences centre that includes Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital, and King's College London. Adjacent enabling peer: Evelina's clinical-research pipeline, training pipeline, and translational medicine positioning flow through this partnership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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