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New technology at St George’s is pushing the boundaries and saving lives
News & events | 30 Mar 2012 | Tags: cardiopulmonary resuscitation chest compression device CPR LUCAS 2
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. The LUCAS 2 is an automated chest compression device that takes over the ‘cardiac massage’ part of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when …
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Members meet the trust chairman and chief executive
News & events | 29 Feb 2012 | Tags: chief executive Christopher Smallwood Miles Scott trust chairman
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 …
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St George’s is the best in London for heart attack response
News & events | 28 Feb 2012 | Tags: heart attack response minap Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project response rate
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. The annual study looked at data from April 2010 – March 2011 and …
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St George’s unable to proceed with St Helier merger
News & events | 30 Jan 2012 | Tags: St Helier merger
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust submitted a bid for a potential merger with St Helier Hospital in November 2011. The board is clear that a merger between St George’s Healthcare and St Helier would be an excellent strategic opportunity, with the potential to bring significant improvements to the care of …
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Wolfson move to start in March
News & events | 27 Jan 2012 | Tags: Improving neurorehabilitation services public consultation
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. The trust’s long-term plan is to relocate the majority of the services currently provided at the Wolfson to Queen Mary’s …
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Mayor officially opens new breast unit at St George’s
News & events | 20 Jan 2012 | Tags: Councillor Jane Cooper Mayor of Wandsworth Rose Centre
The Rose Centre, a £4m state-of-the-art breast diagnostic unit, was officially opened at St George’s Hospital, London, on Thursday 19thJanuary by the Mayor of Wandsworth, Councillor Jane Cooper. St George’s Hospital is a regional cancer centre and its clinical results for breast screening are among the best in London. The …
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Visitors and patients can help keep Norovirus out of hospital
News & events | 11 Jan 2012 | Tags: norovirus
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. Alison Robertson, director of nursing and infection control at St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, says: “People with symptoms of D&V could …
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Daybreak comes to St George’s
News & events | 23 Dec 2011 | Tags: Daybreak comes to St George’s ITV’s Daybreak breakfast programme live broadcasts
ITV’s Daybreak breakfast programme featured live broadcasts from St George’s Hospital, London, on Friday 23rd December 2011. The programme focused on frontline care and what it was like for parents and staff on the hospital’s neonatal unit at Christmas.
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News & events | 22 Dec 2011 | Tags: ITV’s Daybreak programme live broadcasts neonatal unit
ITV’s Daybreak programme will include live broadcasts from St George’s Neonatal Unit on Friday 23rd December. The national breakfast programme is on air from 06.00 to 08.30hrs and reports from the hospital are expected to include interviews with staff, patients and their families and explore what hospital life is like …
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State-of-the-art medical training facility opens at St George’s
News & events | 19 Dec 2011 | Tags: State-of-the-art medical training facility opens at St George’s training facility
A new £350,000 state-of-the-art training facility was officially opened at the St George’s campus, southwest London, on 15th December by Niall Dickson, chief executive and registrar of the General Medical Council. The Advanced Patient Simulator Centre, a joint project between St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust and St George’s, University of …
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