Useful Information
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Radiology
If you need an x-ray, ultrasound, MRI or CT scan the doctor will send a request to the Radiology team. In some cases, such as ‘one-stop’ clinics you may have your investigation carried out on the same day and given the result to take back to your clinic. For all other clinics an appointment will be sent to your home address or you will receive a call from the Radiology department.
Prescriptions
If you need a non-urgent prescription the doctor will usually give you a form to take to your GP. If your prescription is required urgently, or if the medicine is normally only available from the Hospital Pharmacy, the clinic doctor will give you a prescription to take to the Hospital Pharmacy. Prescription charges apply unless you are exempt from payment. The Pharmacy is located on the Ground floor in Lanesborough Wing
St George’s – outpatients, wards and unit (PDF)
Patient transport at St George’s Hospital and St John’s Therapy Centre
Non-emergency patient transport
This is the ambulance service that transports some patients to and from hospital. It is only provided for patients who have very specific needs. Patients’ needs will be reviewed each time they come to hospital.
Patients are assessed by the patient transport assessment and booking team using national Department of Health guidelines. Please call 020 8725 0808 for more information.
Help with travel costs
If you are on a low income or benefits you might be entitled to reclaim your public transport costs to and from the hospital under the Healthcare Travel Cost Scheme. Please call the hospital cashier on 020 8725 1632 or see The Department of Health leaflet HC12 or by calling 0845 850 1166.
Please visit the Hospital Cashier (located in Grosvenor Wing) or call 020 8725 1632 if you need more information.
Private treatment
If you wish to be treated as a private patient, please let your doctor know when they make the referral to the hospital. The Private Patient Team can be contacted on 020 8725 3579 or via e-mail on Private.patients@stgeorges.nhs.uk and will be happy to support and advise you.
All private patient income is reinvested back into the hospital.
The Information We Collect About You And How It Is Used?
Data protection law provides principles under which all organisations, including the NHS, operate when handling personal data.
It also gives members of the public the statutory right of access to personal data related to themselves. In particular, there is provision for you to see your own medical records.
What information we hold?
- Basic details about you, such as address, date of birth, preferred emergency contact and your GP
- You medical conditions
- Treatment provided and contact you have had with the Trust
- Results of investigations, such as X-ray and laboratory tests
- Reports about your health and the care you need
- Relevant information from other health professionals
- Your ethnic origin, in order to help in planning services and ensuring equal access
Why do we hold this information?
- Provide a good basis for all health decisions by you and care professionals
- Enable you to work in partnership with those providing care
- Make sure the care we provide is safe and effective
- Work effectively with other providing you with care
- Check the quality of care (called clinical audit)
- Protect the health of the general public
- Keep track of NHS spending
- Manage the health service
- Help investigate untoward incidents, complaints or legal claims
- Teach healthcare staff
- Help with research
Who do we share information with?
We will share information with other parts of the NHS to support your healthcare needs, In particular we will inform your GP of your progress unless you ask us not to. We may also share you information with other organisations where it may benefit you, for example with Social Services.
To assist in the management of the health service, and to protect the health of the general public we may share information with other parts of the NHS or with other public sector organisations. We are also required by law to report certain information to the appropriate authorities, for example notification of new births.
Whenever we share information with other organisations we will do this line with Data protection law.
We do not share information, in the ways described above, regarding treatment you may have received in the specialities of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Human Fertilisation and Embryology.
Comments, Suggestions and Complaints
We hope you are satisfied with the care you receive as an outpatient at St George’s Hospital.
We welcome any comments you may have about our outpatient’s service and facilities. Things do sometimes go wrong despite our best intentions and we want to know when problems arise so we can put them right. If you want to make a comment, suggestion or a complaint, we suggest that in the first instance you:
- Speak to the nurse in charge of your Outpatient clinic.
- Speak to the nurse manager in charge of the Outpatients department.
- Speak to our Patient Advice & Liaison service who aim to help resolve problems or concerns. They are based in the main corridor between Grosvenor and Lanesborough Wing near the lift foyer or can be contacted between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday on 020 8725 2453.
If this does not resolve the problem, you may wish to follow the formal complaints procedure, in which case please email complaints.compliments@stgeorges.nhs.uk or write to:
Complaints and Improvements Department
St George’s Hospital
Blackshaw Road
London
SW17 0QT
Recording Your Needs
It is helpful for our staff to keep a record of your needs to enable us to give you any assistance you may require for future appointments. Therefore, with your consent, this will be indicated on your health records with, for example, a symbol for visual or hearing impairment.
Interpreting
We aim to provide interpreting services for patients for whom English is not a first language. Please note that it is important that you give us as much notice as possible to enable us to provide this service. Your GP will do this for your first appointment, for follow up appointments the clinic receptionist will book the interpreter for you.
