Welcome To LISTEN.
LISTEN is a patient-led support network established in March 2006 at Kings College Hospital, London. It aims to provide a source of information and peer support for patients and their families before and after receiving a liver transplant at King's College Hospital (KCH), and also raise funds for the Kings Liver Unit.

Our experience is that it can be helpful for patients to meet with someone who has had a transplant and this is the key form of support we are seeking to provide. Being on the waiting list for a transplant is invariably an anxious, fearful and uncertain time and it can be very helpful to have contact with someone who has been through a transplant to hear about their experience and see that there is a good quality of life to be had afterwards. Our aim is that people on the waiting list should have the opportunity for at least one such contact with a transplant recipient. Equally, people who have had their transplant can find it helpful to be in contact with other transplant recipients, to talk about their experiences, concerns, give thanks to their donors and families, or celebrate the sheer wonder of transplantation and what health professionals have done for us.

About LISTEN
It should be stressed that all the work that LISTEN members do is voluntary. In planning and delivering the support we offer our work is in partnership with the Liver Unit staff at KCH. We work closely together on the management committee and King's staff provides some training to volunteers on the principles and ethics of support and being with people who are vulnerable. However what we provide is not professional counselling or medical expertise but peer-support. We want patients to benefit from the help they can give to one another.

As well as this website, the network will also produce newsletters at regular intervals which will provide information about our activities ,relevant transplant issues and events. The network aims to raise money for causes specifically related to the King's Liver Unit and patient support.

If you would like to be involved in the planning of this website or help us in getting the information together for this website, including your personal story or news and events that our members may find interesting or wish to attend, please do not hesitate to contact us by clicking on the 'Contact US' link in the menu.

King's College Hospital - Liver Outpatients - Halfway House
The Halfway House is provided for relatives and families of patients attending King's College Hospital for liver related assessments and procedures.
The accommodation is basic but comfortable and an asset that is constantly used It has been in need of a facelift for some time now and now with volunteers lined up to participate in this work.

We would like to take the opportunity of asking for donations towards making this happen. If you have an employer that may be associated with interior/exterior decoration or indeed yourself that may be willing to donate some of the materials for this project we would be extremely grateful.

If you can help in anyway whatsoever, please contact us through our contact page here.