Lists this hospital appears on
- Position as printed1 Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Hospitals 2026: United Kingdom (opens the publisher’s list in a new tab) Statista scored hospitals within each country on hospital quality metrics (40 per cent), peer recommendations from an online survey of medical experts (30 per cent national, 5 per cent international), patient experience data (18.5 per cent) and its PROMs Implementation Survey (6.5 per cent), and lists specialised hospitals separately without a rank.
- Position as printed29 Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Hospitals 2026: global top 250 (opens the publisher’s list in a new tab) The global top 250 was determined mainly by the number of international recommendations each hospital received in the survey and its national rank, with quality, patient experience, PROMs and bibliometric measures also taken into account, and it excludes specialised hospitals.
- Position as printed75 Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Smart Hospitals 2026 (opens the publisher’s list in a new tab) Statista ranked 350 hospitals in 30 countries from 1 to 350 on a reputation score from an international online survey of hospital managers and health care professionals (77.5 per cent), its Smart Hospitals Maturity Survey (20 per cent) and Joint Commission International accreditation (2.5 per cent).
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About the hospital
St Thomas’ Hospital is on Westminster Bridge Road in London, on the River Thames opposite the Houses of Parliament. It is run by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, which describes it as the trust’s largest hospital, with 840 beds, a range of outpatient services and an emergency department. The trust states that St Thomas’ has a history dating back to 1173.
Specialties listed by the trust at St Thomas’ include cardiovascular, respiratory (including Lane Fox), women’s services including maternity, acute medicine, ageing and health, critical care, gastrointestinal medicine, gastrointestinal surgery, general surgery, plastic surgery and ophthalmology. The trust says more than 6,000 babies are born at the hospital each year. Evelina London Children’s Hospital, also run by the trust, is on the same site.
Facts
- Beds
- 840 beds (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust website, read October 2026)
- Opened
- History dating back to 1173 (trust website)
- Address
- Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH
- Co-located hospital
- Evelina London Children's Hospital
- Other hospitals run by the trust
- Guy's Hospital, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital, Harefield Hospital
Questions readers ask
Who runs St Thomas' Hospital?
St Thomas' Hospital is run by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
How many beds does St Thomas' Hospital have?
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust states that St Thomas' has 840 beds.
Where is St Thomas' Hospital?
On Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, by Westminster Bridge on the River Thames, opposite the Houses of Parliament.
Sources
Facts are taken from the pages listed below, and list positions from each publisher’s own list. Profile last checked 17 October 2026.
- St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Visit St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- St Thomas' Hospital, Care Quality Commission
- Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Hospitals 2026: United Kingdom
- Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Hospitals 2026: global top 250
- Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Smart Hospitals 2026
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