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About us

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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We provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK. We also provide substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and / or alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre.

We have 4,800 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have over 100 sites and provide support to around 39,000 in the community. We have 68 inpatient wards across four main hospital sites, and provide inpatient care for over 5,000 people each year.

  • Virtual tours

    Take a look around our interactive tours to get a 360 degree on-line view of some of our inpatient services.

  • Service films

    You can find out more about our clinical services in the series of short films we have produced.

  • Jargon buster

    Confused? See our guide to some of the common terms that you are likely to hear used within mental health services.