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St George’s ladies run for mums!
News & events | 15 Sep 2009 | Tags: charity run
A team of St George’s Hospital staff took part in the Women’s 5k Challenge in Hyde Park on Sunday to raise funds for St George’s. Nine ladies formed the St George’s team, having trained together over the past few weeks. Weather conditions were good, with overcast skies and a cool …
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Charity gig sell out!
News & events | 7 Sep 2009 | Tags: Charity gig
A group of St George’s Hospital staff returned to GJ’s in Colliers Wood last week for a sell-out gig in aid of St George’s Hospital Charity. The Crazeefass duo – Shola Adegoroye, a general manager and Alan Thorne, a director – first took to the stage at GJs in January …
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Become a fan of St George’s
News & events | 27 Aug 2009 | Tags: fan
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking to reach out to patients and the public via the social networking sites Twitter and Facebook. Followers can receive daily updates about the work of the hospital through Twitter and even become a fan of St George’s on Facebook. Information provided on these sites …
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St George’s becomes major trauma centre
News & events | 29 Jul 2009 | Tags: major trauma centre
St George’s will become one of only 4 major trauma centres in London following an announcement by Healthcare for London today, 20 July 2009. As a major trauma centre, St George’s will take patients in from south west London and Surrey with serious injuries for immediate access to specialist care …
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Go ahead for specialist stroke unit at St George’s
News & events | 20 Jul 2009 | Tags: hyper-acute stroke unit specialist stroke unit
Healthcare for London today, 20 July 2009, announced that St George’s Hospital, Tooting, would be designated a hyper-acute stroke unit following a public consultation carried out earlier this year. As a hyper-acute stroke unit, St George’s will provide expert emergency care to stroke patients, which will include access to a …
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Hospitals answer Mayday call
News & events | 13 Jul 2009 | Tags: Mayday Hospital
A fire at Mayday Hospital in Croydon saw two neighbouring hospitals come to the rescue to offer treatment and support to their patients on Wednesday, 8 July. St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, treated patients who were diverted from the …
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St George’s to create ‘World Class Service Culture’
News & events | 3 Jul 2009 | Tags: Building a World-class Service Culture
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust been awarded £100,000 by the NHS London Partnership for a project, to improve its service to patients. The project, Building a World-class Service Culture, has been jointly devised by the Trust and trades union representatives and will engage staff working in areas like administration …
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Men in south west London to benefit from new screening programme
News & events | 23 Jun 2009 | Tags: aaa abdominal aortic aneurysms Screening
65 year old men in Wandsworth are among the first in the country to benefit from screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (also known as AAAs) as part of a new national screening programme. St George’s Hospital has introduced the NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme and invited men are …
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St George’s Professor knighted in Queen’s Birthday Honours List
News & events | 12 Jun 2009 | Tags: knighted Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran Queen's Birthday Honours List
St George’s Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, renowned for his work advancing women’s health and maternity care, was honoured in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List announced on Saturday (12 June 2009). Professor Arulkumaran, Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St George’s, University of London and clinician at St George’s Hospital has …
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Damon Hill opens Child Development Centre at St George’s
News & events | 8 Jun 2009 | Tags: CDC Child Development Centre Damon Hill
The newly refurbished Child Development Centre (CDC) at St George’s Hospital in Tooting was officially opened by Damon Hill OBE, former Formula One World Champion, on Tuesday 2 June. The refurbishment was funded out of a ?550,000 fundraising campaign in 2007, supported by a handful of very generous donors. The …
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