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| International Nurses' Day celebrated at St George's with awards event | |
St George's Healthcare marked International Nurses' Day on Friday 10th May with the trust's annual nursing awards. Awards were presented for Nurse of the Year, Midwife of the Year, Healthcare Assistant of the Year and Mentor of the Year. All award nominees were put forward by fellow colleagues for their outstanding contribution to nursing practice over the last year.
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| St George's consultant wins prestigious award for osteoarthritis research | |
A clinician at St George's Healthcare NHS Trust has won a national award for her work leading research into osteoarthritis, the world’s most common form of arthritis.
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| UK's first 'Firefly' kidney surgery performed at St George's | |
A robotic surgical technique which allows the accurate removal of cancerous tumours from the kidney has been performed for the first time in the UK at St George's Hospital, Tooting.
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| Inpatient care at St George's Healthcare continues to improve | |
The 2012 Care Quality Commission (CQC) survey of adult inpatients has shown that St George's Healthcare has maintained and built on its improvements to inpatient care.
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| St George's therapy consultant joins national expert database | |
A St George's Healthcare NHS Trust therapy consultant has been selected to join a database of expert health professionals who will help develop national policies for services involving older people.
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| St George's heart attack team shortlisted for BMJ awards | |
The heart attack team at St George's Hospital, Tooting, has been shortlisted for the 'Cardiovascular Team of the Year' award at the 2013 BMJ Group Improving Health Awards.
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| Project SEARCH students experience St George's work placements | |
St George's Healthcare and Hammersmith and Fulham Action on Disability (HAFAD) have teamed up to give students with learning disabilities of Cricket Green School in Mitcham the chance to gain valuable work experience.
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| Peppa Pig pays special visit to St George's | |
Children's television character Peppa Pig visited young patients in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at St George's Hospital on Tuesday 19th March.
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| St George’s OPAT survey reveals excellent patient experience | |
The outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) service at St George's Healthcare NHS Trust has conducted a survey of its patients which reveals highly positive patient experiences.
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| St George’s Hospital pre-operative care centre officially opened | |
Ravi Govindia, leader of Wandsworth Council, officially opened St George’s Hospital’s pre-operative care centre on Monday, 4 March 2013.
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| 2012 national NHS staff survey results - St George's Healthcare staff amongst most motivated in the country | |
The 2012 national NHS staff survey results, published today, has named St George's Healthcare staff as being amongst the most highly motivated and engaged staff in the country.
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| Great Scott! St George's chief executive joins the Twitteratti | |
Miles Scott, St George's Healthcare NHS Trust chief executive, has joined the Twitter masses. You can follow Miles on Twitter @StGeorgesCEO
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| Vulnerable patients to keep warm and active through Winter Warmers initiative | |
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust has launched an innovative new campaign to keep elderly and vulnerable patients in the community warm and well in their own homes during the cold weather.
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| Cancer clinicians appointed LCA pathway group chairs | |
Two St George's Healthcare NHS Trust clinicians have been appointed pathway group chairs for the London Cancer Alliance (LCA). Mr Nicholas Hyde, lead cancer clinician at St George's, who already sits on the LCA Clinical Board, has been appointed LCA pathway group chair for head and neck cancer, and Professor Barry Powell, head of melanoma services at St George's, has been appointed the LCA pathway group chair for skin cancer.
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| Staff recognised at London Mayor's reception | |
Staff from the senior health team at St George's Hospital, Tooting, met Mayor of London Boris Johnson at an event acknowledging the outstanding work and achievements of members of the community.
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| Study shows St George's among best for responding to patient feedback | |
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust has been named as one of only a handful of trusts who effectively respond to patient feedback online.
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| Surgery at St George's presentation | |
The division of surgery, theatres, anaesthetics, neurosciences and cancer presented some of their key achievements of the past two years and plans for the future to the Board yesterday.
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| Foundation Trust public consultation will shape the future of St George's | |
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust is today, Friday 1st February, launching its public consultation on becoming a Foundation Trust. The trust is inviting its staff, patients and members of the public to have their say on the membership and governance proposals which will determine how St George's is governed in the future.
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| St George's Hospital's emergency department officially opened | |
Dame Ruth Carnall, chief executive of NHS London, officially opened St George's Hospital's emergency department on Wednesday 23rd January 2013.
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| Cold snap is snow joke for elderly and vulnerable south west London residents | |
For most of us the snow means snow men, snow ball fights and good times. However, St George's Healthcare clinicians are urging people to consider the well being of others for whom the snow means an increased risk of ill health, and how to help people keep warm and keep well.
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| Chair announces non-executive appointments | |
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust chair Christopher Smallwood has announced that Dr Judith Hulf and Stella Pantelides joined the trust as non-executive directors on 1st January 2013.
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| New Year letter to staff | |
2012 was a momentous year for the country and also for St George's. The Jubilee and then the Olympics caught our imagination and brought people together as well as heralding unprecedented sporting success. |
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| Pre-operative care team win prize for smoking support referrals | |
Nurses from the pre-operative care centre (POCC) at St George's Hospital, Tooting, have received a prize for referring the highest number of patients to the new smokers support team.
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| St George’s Hospital's Acute Medicine Unit officially opened | |
Ann Radmore, chief executive of NHS South West London, officially opened St George's Hospital's Acute Medicine Unit on Thursday, 20th December.
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| New signs provide clearer information for emergency patients | |
The emergency department at St George's Hospital, Tooting, has installed a new signage system which will provide clear information to patients and could help reduce violence and aggression towards staff.
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| Arthur Smith helps celebrate staff achievement | |
Comedian Arthur Smith brought sparkle and laughter to St George's annual staff awards as compère for the event which was held on Thursday, 13th December. |
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| Gethin Jones sprinkles some Christmas stardust on St George's Hospital neonatal unit | |
ITV’s Daybreak made St George's Hospital's neonatal unit the centre of the nation's attention this morning as Gethin Jones hosted a live feature about the families and staff who will be spending the festive season on the unit.
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| Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad bring festive cheer to St George's Hospital | |
A motley crew of riverside friends from Polka Theatre lead by the infamous Mr Toad arrived at the children's wards at St George's Hospital in Tooting on Friday, 14th December.
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| St George's clinicians advise public how to keep warm and keep well | |
As the winter draws in and the temperature drops, St George's Healthcare clinicians are urging people to keep warm and keep well.
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| BreckerWire designed to enhance patient safety | |
A consultant cardiologist at St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has designed an innovative device with the aim of reducing the risk of complications during cardiac interventions. Known as the BreckerWire, the device is a new design of intracardiac guidewire developed by Dr Stephen Brecker, a cardiologist at St George’s since 1996.
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| Chief nurse asks visitors and patients to help keep Norovirus out of hospital | |
St George’s Hospital, Tooting, is asking patients and visitors suffering with symptoms of diarrhoea or vomiting (D&V) not to come into hospital and instead contact their GP or pharmacy.
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| St George's Healthcare named in elite group for mortality rates in Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2012 | |
The Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2012 has named St George's Healthcare as one of an elite group of only 16 trusts in the country to have 'lower than expected' mortality rates for the Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), which measures the ratio of observed deaths to expected deaths. St George's was also named as one of the leading trusts in the country for SHMI in 2011, the first time Dr Foster reported on these mortality rates.
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| Chief executive blog - Celebrating success in cardiothoracic surgery | |
In his latest blog Miles shares some of the exceptional work the department of cardiothoracic surgery are doing in terms of clinical care, their dedication to research, training and education.
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| Productive Community Services Wandsworth a national beacon | |
The wheelchair service at St George's Healthcare NHS Trust has been selected as a national case study to highlight the benefits of an improvement programme aimed at community services.
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| Pre-operative care centre improving patient safety | |
The new pre-operative care centre (POCC) at St George's Hospital, Tooting, is enhancing the quality of care for patients coming to hospital for a procedure.
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| "A Very Special Hospital 1960-1998" - Queen Mary's Hospital Museum Exhibition | |
The Archive & Museum Group of Queen Mary's Hospital Roehampton today launched its new exhibition entitled "A Very Special Hospital 1960-1998", in the Reception area on the Lower Ground Floor. It was opened by Di Caulfield –Stoker, Divisional Chair, Community Services Wandsworth before the Mayor of Wandsworth, Cllr Adrian Knowles, the Leader of the Council Ravi Govindia and 70 past and present patients, staff and Friends of the Hospital.
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| Toyah Willcox opens new children's exhibition at St George's Hospital | |
Television presenter and former pop star Toyah Willcox officially opened a new children's art exhibition at St George's Hospital in Tooting, on Friday, 19th October.
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| St George's opens its doors for the 2012 Community Open Day | |
On Saturday, 13th October, St George's Healthcare NHS Trust and St George's, University of London opened their doors to members of the public for the 2012 St George's Community Open Day.
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| Community Open Day at St George's | |
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust and St George's, University of London will co-host a Community Open Day at their shared main site in Tooting on Saturday 13th October.
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| Antibiotic use aids MRSA spread in hospital and infection control measures do little to prevent it, says hospital study | |
The use of a commonly prescribed antibiotic is a major contributor to the spread of infection in hospitals by the ‘superbug’ MRSA, according to new research. The study also found that increasing measures to prevent infection – such as improved hygiene and hand washing – appeared to have only a small effect on reducing MRSA infection rates during the period studied.
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| Royal visit for St George's paediatric intensive care unit | |
The paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at St George's Hospital, Tooting, was officially opened by HRH Princess Alexandra on Friday, 14th September.
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| St George's to build South London's first hospital helipad | |
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust announced today, Tuesday 18th September, that it has been granted formal planning permission to develop a helipad at St George's Hospital in Tooting. It will be only the second hospital helipad in London and the first south of the river. The development will be partly funded through a grant of £1million from the County Air Ambulance Trust HELP (Helicopter Emergency Landing Pad) Appeal.
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| Annual report 2011/12 looks back over exciting year for St George's Healthcare | |
The St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust today published its annual report and annual accounts 2011/12 |
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| St George's community open day | |
Based in the heart of Tooting, St George's Hospital and University have a shared history dating back nearly 300 years. We are delighted to be opening our doors again for this year's open day on Saturday 13th October 2012, where people of all ages can come and learn more about our work.
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| St George's Hospital open for business as usual | |
St George’s Hospital is operating business as usual following a major incident in the early hours of Tuesday 11th September, which saw five patients brought to the hospital’s major trauma centre following a road traffic accident on the A3.
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| New divisional chair begins role at St George's | |
Drew Fleming started in his new role of divisional chair of surgery, theatres, neurosciences and cancer at St George's Healthcare NHS Trust this week. Drew had previously held the post of clinical director for surgery at the trust.
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| Steven Bolam and Neal Deans take up new executive roles | |
Steven Bolam started in his new role of director of finance, performance and informatics at St George's Healthcare NHS Trust this week.
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| St George's Hospital Heart Attack Centre catheter lab has London's best survival rates | |
A report published by London Ambulance Service (LAS) shows that the catheter lab at St George's Hospital, Tooting, is achieving the best survival rates in London.
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| Welcome to St George's Hospital app released | |
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust has launched the Welcome to St George's Hospital mobile phone app, putting all the information that patients, their friends, families and carers need at their fingertips when visiting St George's Hospital in Tooting, south west London.
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| New dementia awareness scheme launched | |
A new initiative aimed at helping raise awareness of patients with dementia in hospital has been launched at St George's Healthcare NHS Trust.
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| New joint director of estates and facilities for St George's Healthcare NHS Trust and St George's, University of London | |
Neal Deans has been appointed to the role of joint director of estates and facilities for St George's Healthcare NHS Trust and St George's, University of London.
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| Chief executive blog - NHS Heroes and staff awards | |
Miles Scott's latest chief executive blog is now available on the media section of our website.
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| Who is your NHS Hero? | |
NHS Heroes is a new national award scheme that recognises the efforts of staff whose expertise, passion for care, concern and everyday kindness touches the lives of patients and their families in hospital and community services. People whose day-to-day work has changed, enhanced or even saved a life dear to them.
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| Innovative project named finalist in 2012 HSJ Efficiency Awards | |
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, London, has been listed as a finalist in the 2012 HSJ Efficiency Awards for a heat recovery project that aims to reduce the trust’s carbon footprint and save money.
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| Breast care nurse wins patient award | |
A St George's Healthcare nurse has been voted 'Breast Care Nurse of the Year 2011' by patients and customers of a specialist women's clothing company.
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| London 2012 Olympic Games - Information for patients and visitors | |
The Torch Relay has already begun and the Olympic Flame is travelling around the country now. It will visit every London Borough and comes through Tooting on Monday, 23rd July 2012 at about 17.00hrs.
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| Quality Account shows high standards at St George's | |
High standards in a number of clinical areas at St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, including mortality and infection rates, are demonstrated through the trust's 2011/12 Quality Account, which published at the end of June.
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| Statement on Coroner's inquest | |
We deeply regret the death of Kane Gorny and have apologised unreservedly to his family for the grief this has caused. We provide safe, high quality healthcare services to over one million patients across south west London every year, but it is clear that the care we provided on this occasion fell short of expectation in a number of respects and for this we are profoundly sorry.
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| Miles Scott's chief executive blog - patient safety | |
In his latest blog Miles discusses the inquest into the death of Kane Gorny, which colleagues may have read about in the media over the last week. Kane was admitted for an operation in 2009 with complex medical needs and we failed to care for him as we should have. Sadly he died as a result. Miles apologises on behalf of the trust for this failure in our duty of care, and discusses the action taken to protect other patients.
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| Briefing: Midwifery staffing workforce review | |
As part of creating an expanded maternity workforce which is sustainable and safe, a formal staff consultation has been carried out into the skill mix within midwifery. This consultation is about net investment in our maternity service, which will increase the number of midwives and improve quality.
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| St George's Healthcare passes annual cancer targets | |
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust has passed all national cancer treatment and diagnosis targets for 2011/12, improving the prospects for thousands of cancer patients.
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| Chief executive blog sheds a light on inner workings of St George's Healthcare | |
Miles Scott, chief executive, has launched a new blog on the St George's Healthcare website to give our staff, patients, members and stakeholders more of an insight into how the trust works.
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| Art exhibition shows Bolingbroke in new light | |
A new contemporary art exhibition inspired by the former Bolingbroke Hospital will open to the public at Contemporary Applied Arts in central London W1T 1DD from 15th June until 21st July.
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| Service update: BMA strikes 21st June 2012 | |
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust is preparing for some disruption to services on Thursday 21st June 2012, due to a day of action announced by the British Medical Association. We are working carefully to understand the full impact this will have but have been reassured that emergency and urgent care services will be unaffected.
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| St George's consultant elected President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists | |
Jean-Pierre van Besouw, consultant anaesthetist at St George's Hospital, has been elected President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA), the professional body responsible for the specialty of anaesthesia throughout the United Kingdom.
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| Accident and emergency staff urge Jubilee care | |
Accident and emergency (A&E) staff at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, are asking local people to be careful over the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend, especially if they are hanging out the street bunting, planning a barbecue or doing a spot of gardening.
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| Generous surgery gift will help St George's babies | |
St George's Hospital, London, has received two neonatal laparoscopic instrument sets, which will be the first to be used in the UK. The sets, which cost over £20,000, were bought by the Baby Isaac Fund, founded by Ian and Cristina Villiers in 2010 as a legacy for their son Isaac, who was cared for at St George's in 2009.
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| St George's baby charity receives £30,000 boost from Martine McCutcheon and Jack McManus | |
St George’s Hospital welcomed actress Martine McCutcheon and her fiancé Jack McManus on Wednesday 23rd May as they presented a £30,000 cheque won for the hospital's neonatal charity, First Touch.
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| New finance lead for St George's | |
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, London, has appointed Steven Bolam to the position of director of finance, performance and informatics. Steven, who is currently director of finance and performance at Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth PCTs, will take up his new post in September.
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| St George’s breast cancer service wins national improvement award | |
The breast cancer service team at St George's Hospital, London, has won an NHS Improvement award for reducing the amount of time that patients spend in hospital following surgery.
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| A single pathology service for south west London announced | |
The chief executives of each of the four hospital trusts in south west London have today announced plans to join forces to develop a single pathology service for south west London.
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| St George's Nurse of the Year awards celebrate staff dedication | |
International Nurses' Day was celebrated at St George's Healthcare on Friday 11th May with the trust's annual Nurse of the Year awards.
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| Take That star opens new children’s garden at St George’s Hospital | |
Take That singer Mark Owen took time out of his busy schedule to officially open a new children’s garden at St George’s Hospital, southwest London, on Friday 27th April. The singer, who lives in Wandsworth, met with patients, parents and staff during his visit and also made time to go around the children’s wards.
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| Robotic surgery at St George’s is improving cancer care | |
St George’s Hospital, southwest London, has become one of only a handful of hospitals in the UK to use robotic, minimally invasive, surgery to improve outcomes for bladder cancer patients.
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| Improvement in patient experience at St George’s Healthcare | |
The latest inpatients Care Quality Commission (CQC) national survey has confirmed patient experience improvements for St George's Healthcare's patients. The trust is now achieving results expected of a major healthcare provider that compare favourably with similar organisations.
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| Martine McCutcheon helps raise money for St George’s baby charity | |
Award-winning actress Martine McCutcheon will appear on the ITV game show All Star Family Fortunes on Sunday 29th April to raise money for First Touch, St George’s Hospital’s neonatal charity.
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| New technology at St George’s is pushing the boundaries and saving lives | |
Heart patients treated at St George’s Hospital, London, are benefiting from cutting-edge technology that is helping clinicians to save the lives of those who have suffered a cardiac arrest.
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| Members meet the trust chairman and chief executive | |
Over 50 members of St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust attended a meeting on Wednesday 22nd February where they heard presentations from Christopher Smallwood, trust chairman, and Miles Scott, chief executive. The event provided an opportunity for members to learn more about the work of the trust and its strategic aims including an update on the progress being made to attain Foundation Trust (FT) status by 2014.
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| St George’s is the best in London for heart attack response | |
St George’s Hospital, Tooting, has the best response rate for treating heart attack patients in London, according to the latest Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP) which was discussed at the MINAP London Roadshow in November 2011.
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| St George’s unable to proceed with St Helier merger | |
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust submitted a bid for a potential merger with St Helier Hospital in November 2011. |
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| Wolfson move to start in March | |
After reviewing the outcomes of the recent Improving neurorehabilitation services in southwest London public consultation, St George’s Healthcare is moving ahead with plans to relocate services based at the Wolfson Neurorehabilitation Centre.
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| Mayor officially opens new breast unit at St George’s | |
The Rose Centre, a £4m state-of-the-art breast diagnostic unit, was officially opened at St George’s Hospital, London, on Thursday 19th January by the Mayor of Wandsworth, Councillor Jane Cooper.
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| Visitors and patients can help keep Norovirus out of hospital | |
St George’s Hospital, Tooting, is asking patients and visitors suffering with symptoms of diarrhoea or vomiting (D&V) not to come into hospital and instead contact their GP or pharmacy.
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