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Staff celebrate at awards ceremony

News & events | 27 Nov 2013

Bernard Kelly, Helen Webb and Tom Magill celebrate reaching the finals of the NHS Leadership Recognition Awards. Bernard and Helen were recognised for their work in helping set up an HIV patient-led forum, while Tom developed a real-time survey system to help senior nurses deliver better care. The HIV forum, …
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HIV testing week – Get checked out!

News & events | 26 Nov 2013

The Courtyard Clinic at St George’s is offering HIV testing throughout the week as part of National HIV Testing Week (Nov 22-29).
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Implant helps Helena take the plunge!

News & events | 19 Nov 2013

Helena Martins assumed she had woken earlier than normal when she was greeted by overwhelming silence. There was no sound of traffic outside.
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Enhanced Recovery awareness campaign has launched

News & events | 14 Nov 2013

The new awareness campaign for Enhanced Recovery is under way. This aims to increase participation in Enhanced Recovery across all
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The Governor Elections – Make your vote count!

News & events | 11 Nov 2013

The new Staff Governor elections have begun, with only a week left to get your vote in. Deadline closes on Monday 18th November for staff nominations.
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The future’s as bright as we want it to be, says Sir Bruce

News & events | 7 Nov 2013

One of the NHS’s most senior figures visited St George’s Hospital to tell staff about the challenges and opportunities facing the organisation.

Sir Bruce Keogh, a former clinician at the hospital and currently Medical Director of NHS England, said the NHS had a ‘fantastic opportunity’ to improve services if it ignored mediocrity and made an opportunity out of adversity.
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Hospital patients take centre stage

News & events | 5 Nov 2013

Patients from St George’s Hospital, Tooting, took part in a unique arts project which saw 30 performances simultaneously take place across London. Home saw actors and actresses create mini performances based on the lives and experiences of people living in the chosen locations. Actor Darren Hart (pictured) has previously spoken …
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Doctor praises hospital’s unsung heroes

News & events | 5 Nov 2013

A local doctor has praised the work of two ‘unsung hospital heroes’ for helping give HIV patients a stronger voice. Dr Mark Pakianathan, a consultant at St George’s Hospital’s Courtyard Clinic, says the efforts of specialist nurse Helen Webb and sexual health advisor Bernard Kelly in organising and facilitating an …
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Community Open Day 2013

News & events | 18 Oct 2013

Youngsters got the chance to check out nursing as a possible career during an open day at St George’s Hospital. Children got to grips with a model patient in the hospital’s simulation suite where they could check the mannequin’s pulse and heart beat while other children practised patching up teddy …
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St George’s annual report 2012/13 reflects on a year of achievement and improvement

News & events | 13 Sep 2013

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has published its annual report and accounts for the 2012/13 financial year. The report can be read online at www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/annual where it can also be downloaded as a PDF. Copies of the summary report will also be made available to patients and visitors …
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