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Health Minister and local MP get the inside track of patient experience at St George’s
News & events | 8 Jan 2009 | Tags: Ben Bradshaw Patient Experience Tracker PET Sadiq Khan
Health Minister Ben Bradshaw and MP for Tooting Sadiq Khan visited St George’s Hospital yesterday (7 January) where they discovered how innovative ways of working are helping to improve patient care. Mr Bradshaw and Mr Khan were shown how the electronic Patient Experience Tracker (PET) helps patients to give immediate …
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Specialist life support training helps save lives at St George’s
News & events | 12 Dec 2008 | Tags: ILS specialist training
2500 St George’s nurses have now completed specialist training which is helping to save the lives of patients seriously ill patients in hospital. The immediate life support (ILS) training which includes an early warning system, teaches staff to recognise and prevent patients suffering cardiac arrests. Paula McLean, Resuscitation Service Manager …
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St George’s staff mark World Aids Day
News & events | 2 Dec 2008 | Tags: AIDS HIV World Aids Day
St George’s Hospital staff marked World AIDS Day on Monday 1 December by raising both public AIDS awareness and funds for HIV patients. It is estimated that six out of every 1,000 of Wandsworth residents aged between 15 and 59 have HIV, but a third of those have not been …
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Local support for St George’s kids
News & events | 1 Dec 2008 | Tags: Colin Williams Gatton Primary Paediatric ward Puffa Yvonne Brown
Children being treated at St George’s Hospital got a welcome surprise on Thursday 27 November when the Paediatric ward received visits from two generous local groups. The ward’s Puffa charity fund received a £500.00 gift from Royal Mail’s South London Postal Sports Social Club, part of an annual donation from the group …
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St George’s takes first step to becoming a Major Trauma Centre
News & events | 28 Nov 2008 | Tags: centre David Astley trauma
St George’s Hospital has welcomed a decision this week by Healthcare for London that a bid it made on behalf of the South West London and Surrey Trauma Network will be considered to go forward to public consultation. David Astley, St George’s Chief Executive, said: “If successful, St George’s will …
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Trust pleased with spot check report
News & events | 25 Nov 2008 | Tags: Dr Geraldine Walters Infection Control spotcheck
The Healthcare Commission yesterday named St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust among five acute Trusts that passed recent hygiene spotchecks, showing that the hospital is successfully adhering to the government’s hygiene code. Inspectors found that of 51 Trusts checked the majority failed to meet standards introduced to fight hospital …
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Big names queue up to support charity carol service
News & events | 20 Nov 2008 | Tags: carol service fundraising neonatal unit NNU
A fundraising carol service, organised by the Friends of the Neonatal Unit at St George’s Hospital, will feature special readings and performances from a host of famous faces and local groups at St Matthew’s Church, West Wimbledon on Tuesday 2 December. Television’s Ortis Deley and Michael Absalom, presenters of the …
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News reader Sophie raises thousands for St George’s children
News & events | 7 Nov 2008 | Tags: neonatal Sophie Raworth
BBC news reader Sophie Raworth is on the run helping to raise thousands in sponsorship to help pay for neonatal equipment at St George’s hospital. Sophie, who is patron of the registered charity The Friends of the Neonatal Unit at St George’s, has so far raised more than £2,200 sponsorship …
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TWO-STAGE TESTING NEEDED FOR C DIFF
News & events | 1 Nov 2008 | Tags: C diff bacteria Clostridium difficile stool samples
Patients suspected of carrying the C diff bacteria should have their stool samples tested twice to avoid misdiagnosis, according to researchers at St George?s, University of London and St George?s Healthcare NHS Trust.? Currently, patients across the NHS are diagnosed with a single test, based on the level of a toxin produced …
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ST GEORGE’S MOVES UP THE RATINGS IN THE ANNUAL HEALTH CHECK
News & events | 16 Oct 2008 | Tags: quality ratings resources services
The Annual Health Check results announced today (16th October) by the Healthcare Commission show that St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has improved its ratings for both quality of services and use of resources during 2007/08. The Commission’s report shows that St George’s is delivering improved services at a …
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