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St George’s to be friendlier to the learning disabled
News & events | 5 May 2005 | Tags: learning disabilities
Staff at St George’s who wanted to find out what coming to was like for people with learning disabilities have done the obvious thing. They’ve asked them. St George’s have been working with a local organisation Generate, which supports people with learning disabilities, to try to make the hospital friendlier …
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St George’s named ‘top performing hospital’
News & events | 28 Apr 2005 | Tags: benchmarking CHKS performance top performing hospital
ST GEORGE’S Healthcare NHS Trust has been named a “top performing hospital” by a company that measures clinical performance. Not only that, the Trust was named the most improved hospital for clinical care. The CHKS awards, now in their fifth year, were held on Tuesday 26th April in Birmingham and …
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Medical Director elected president of Royal College
News & events | 11 Apr 2005 | Tags: Dr Patricia Hamilton Medical Director President
A MEDICAL DIRECTOR from St George’s Hospital has been elected President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Dr Patricia Hamilton, one of the country’s leading experts in the care of premature babies, will hold the title of President Elect until April 2006 when her three-year term of …
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Hospital scientists reach invention contest final
News & events | 6 Apr 2005 | Tags: competition contest invention prizes
TWO DEVICES built by scientists from St George’s Hospital have reached the final of an NHS contest for new medical technology. The inventions, one of which offers a more accurate test for genetic conditions such as Down’s syndrome in foetuses, were developed by medical physicists Professor Dariush Nassiri, Dr Alan …
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Doctors warn of TB Risk: Figures show 40 per cent rise in cases between 1999 and 2003
News & events | 24 Mar 2005 | Tags: contagious infectious disease TB tuberculosis vaccinations
WANDSWORTH could face a rise in cases of tuberculosis unless people are made more aware of the symptoms of the disease, public health experts have warned. The warning came as London health chiefs announced the return of TB screening vans to the streets of the capital for the first time …
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Stroke care at St George’s ranks among the best in the country, says report
News & events | 21 Mar 2005 | Tags: independent report Stroke stroke units
ST GEORGE’S Hospital has one of the best stroke units in the country, according to an independent report. Researchers for the Royal College of Physicians listed St George’s as one of the top ten hospitals in the land for the care of stroke patients in the National Sentinel Stroke Audit …
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MRSA infections halved at St George’s
News & events | 11 Mar 2005 | Tags: infections MRSA
CASES of the antibiotic-resistant bacteria MRSA have been halved at St George’s Hospital in the last three years, according to new figures published earlier this week. According to a Government report there were 54 cases of MRSA bloodstream infections at St George’s Hospital between April and September 2001. This fell …
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St George’s publishes cardiac death rates
News & events | 14 Feb 2005 | Tags: cardiac surgery Euroscore mortality rates
St George’s Hospital in Tooting has published mortality rates for cardiac surgery on its internet site. As well as raw data on deaths following three kinds of heart operation, the Trust is also publishing risk-adjusted information which takes account of the complexity and severity of the illness of the patient. …
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Bolingbroke patient transfer – update
News & events | 7 Feb 2005 | Tags: Tim Jones transfer update
The transfer of elderly inpatients from the Bolingbroke Hospital in Wandsworth to other locations is progressing well, according to senior staff at St George’s Hospital. Of the 54 continuing care, rehabilitation and intermediate care beds previously at the Bolingbroke: 27 of the 29 rehabilitation beds from the Bolingbroke have been …
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St George’s takes lead in fight against superbugs
News & events | 2 Feb 2005 | Tags: MRSA Summit superbugs
ST GEORGE’S HOSPITAL in Tooting, London, has become the first to send a major party to the UK’s first ever Clean Hospitals Summit, on April 14-15. Nine delegates from the hospital will join top NHS figures, plus those from industry and concerned public organisations, to pool ideas and knowledge to …
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