It is managed by King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The hospital has its origins in the Bromley Union Workhouse Infirmary which was opened on the site in March 1845.

[4] Taxpayers will end up paying £1.2 billion to the PFI owners in a deal which lasts for 60 years.

[6] A Hyper Acute Stroke Unit for South East London opened at the hospital in May 2011.

The accumulated debt owed on both the Princess Royal and Queen Elizabeth hospitals was written off by the Department for Health.