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’24 Hours in A&E’ returns for series nine at St George’s!
News & events | 24 May 2015 | Tags: 24 hours in A&E Episode One helmet camera motorbike accident series nine
Series nine, episode one hits our TV screens on Wednesday 27 May at 9pm on Channel 4. Best brace yourself as it features heart-stopping helmet camera footage of a motorbike accident that sees a father and son rushed to St George’s A&E.
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St George’s pharmacy and therapy teams are “highly commended”
News & events | 19 May 2015 | Tags: acute medicine unit awarded intervention pharmacy Research SAM conference therapy
St George’s was proud to see both our pharmacy and therapy teams represented at this year’s national Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) conference. Principle physiotherapist Jennifer Willis gave a presentation to 100 attendees discussing the extended roles of the St George’s therapy team in both our emergency department and acute …
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Show us your talent Tooting and you could win tickets to ‘Britain’s Got Talent’
News & events | 15 May 2015 | Tags: Britain's Got Talent ticket competition Tooting Talent
Are you a fan of ITV’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent’? Ever dreamt of soaking up the atmosphere at a LIVE show? Then this is the competition for you! Last month Stephen Mulhern visited St George’s to film a music video up on our helipad. We were pretty impressed with his rapping …
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St George’s is the leading trust for organ donation in the UK
News & events | 13 May 2015 | Tags: donors NSH Blood and Transplant organ donation transplant tree of life trust visit
Ian Trenholm, chief executive for NHS Blood and Transplant paid St George’s a visit last month. He was here to meet our organ donation team and congratulate them on another successful year.
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St George’s celebrates International Nurses’ Day
News & events | 12 May 2015 | Tags: healthcare assistant International Nurses' Day mentor midwifery nursing awards
St George’s marked International Nurses’ Day with the trust’s annual nursing awards. The awards identify and celebrate the nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants and mentors in the trust who have made an outstanding contribution to patient care.
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St George’s and Mitie are helping young people into work
News & events | 12 May 2015 | Tags: disability employment learning disabilities Mitie Project SEARCH training
St George’s and Mitie, our facilities management company, are working together to help young people with learning difficulties gain vital employment skills. Mitie’s healthcare cleaning team has been supporting three young people through Project SEARCH, an international training programme aimed at guiding young people who have learning difficulties and/or disabilities …
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St George’s working with Monitor to address our deficit
News & events | 11 May 2015 | Tags: finance Monitor NHS pressures reduce deficit
NHS finances have been extensively documented in the media. St George’s, like many other trusts, has encountered a deficit. In April we reported a £16m deficit for 2014/15 (on a turnover of £740m) having planned a small surplus. As a major trauma centre, we have been particularly affected by the …
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St George’s opens a new cancer ward
News & events | 11 May 2015 | Tags: Anne Rainsberry cancer Gordon Smith haematology new ward oncology
The Gordon-Smith Ward was officially opened by Dr Anne Rainsberry, NHS England’s Regional Director for London, and is the second step of investment in the trust’s cancer services.
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Nepal earthquake appeal
News & events | 1 May 2015
Buddhi Pant grew up in the Gorkha district in Nepal. His hometown, Simley, and surrounding villages were all destroyed by the earthquake that you will have heard about on the news.
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Restricted vehicle access at St George’s – Saturday 25th April
News & events | 24 Apr 2015
If you are travelling to St George’s Hospital this weekend please note there will be restricted access for vehicles within the site between 08:00 and 13:00.
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