Welcome to GP News
Spring 2011
Bridging the Gap
More than 100 GPs, consultants and senior St George’s Healthcare managers came together at the first Bridging the Gap event on Monday 31st January 2011.
Bridging the Gap is a new GP and consultant forum that has been established to encourage frank and open discussion and mutual understanding between primary and secondary care clinicians. The January event was amongst the first opportunities for many of those present to get together and discuss local operational and strategic issues, including the development of the GP consortia in Wandsworth and Merton.
Reflections on Bridging the Gap
Mr Mike Bailey, St George's Healthcare NHS Trust medical director and consultant, and Dr Patrick Bower, GP at Balham Park Surgery, share their thoughts on the first GP and consultant forum....
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Spotlight on...
The St George's Healthcare urology department offers a comprehensive range of services for the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract and male reproductive organ disorders. This includes cancers, stone disease (kidney stones), reconstructive surgery of the male reproductive organs and surgery for incontinence.
General outpatient clinics are based at Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, with specialist urology services based in the St James Wing at St George's Hospital. Inpatient services are based in Vernon Ward, on the...
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One night stay for breast surgery patients
Women who receive breast surgery in southwest London are benefiting from the new 23-hour discharge model at St George’s Healthcare...
New outpatient taskforce established
St George’s Healthcare has established an outpatient taskforce to improve services and to address issues raised by GPs and service users...
Tackling our financial challenge
In February St George’s Healthcare announced that it is planning to save £55 million during 2011/12. The figure is made up of a £40 million...
Patient safety – a top priority
Patient safety is a top priority for St George’s Healthcare and work is ongoing around the trust to ensure that are safe and that any problems...
Positive patient discharge summaries
St George’s Healthcare’s discharge summary pilot scheme, which commenced in January 2011, has received positive feedback to date...
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News in brief
Smarter working with smart pumps
Cardiac patients’ comfortable recovery – radial angiograms
Community speech and language therapists launch national year of communication
Oncology nurses highly commended at 2010 Excellence in Oncology Awards
St George’s Hospital Charity launches new website
