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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month – Meet Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist Naomi Oldrieve
News & events | 23 Sep 2022
The paediatric oncology shared care team consists of doctors, nurses, dieticians, psychologists, social workers, play specialists, therapy services and community nurses. However, this is just to name a few of the members. It can be an emotional journey at times and the support that this multi-disciplinary team gives both during …
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month – Meet Sarah Flood, Paediatric Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner
News & events | 21 Sep 2022
Our Paediatric Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner Sarah Flood, shares how we do our best to support our children with cancer, and provide them with a support network, tailored and specialised care, and a helping hand when times get tough for our patients and their families. Tell me about your team …
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month – Shining a spotlight on our paediatric psychology service
News & events | 21 Sep 2022
It’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and we’re shining a spotlight on all of the different teams that help make a difference to our youngest cancer patients. Dr Sara Latif is one of our Clinical Psychologists and works in our paediatric psychology service. She shares the importance of Cancer Awareness month, …
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Come along to one of our Patient Engagement Events at St George’s and Queen Mary’s
News & events | 21 Sep 2022
You are invited to take part in a patient engagement event. We want your voice to be heard and included in our quality recovery plan. The sessions will take place on 27 September and 3 October.
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Temporary changes to homebirth and birth centre services at St George’s Hospital
News & events | 13 Sep 2022
We have temporarily suspended our homebirth services, and are diverting our birth centre activity to our main delivery suite.
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The sad passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
News & events | 9 Sep 2022
We are deeply saddened about the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month – hear from Occupational Therapists Kate and Diana
News & events | 7 Sep 2022
It’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and to bring about awareness, St George’s are profiling just a few of the many incredible members of staff that are involved in paediatric cancer journeys. Meet Kate Griffiths, Highly Specialist Acute Paediatric Occupational Therapist and Diana Doherty, Major Trauma Occupational Therapist, who share their …
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New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: Reach out your hand
News & events | 5 Sep 2022
Filmed during the autumn of 2020, the RTS award-winning documentary series returns for a twenty-eighth series following patients treated in the same 24-hour period at St George’s in south west London. The hospital has one of the busiest A&E departments in Britain – a place where stories of life, love and loss …
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Brain tumour survivor raises £63,000 to help future patients
News & events | 31 Aug 2022
Project21forlife has raised an incredible £63,000 for the John King Brain Tumour Foundation for St George’s Hospital and The Royal Marsden. Having recently retired from running his construction company, Richard Sullivan was looking forward to travelling with his wife and improving his golf handicap. Until, in December 2021, he received …
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Medic reunites with 1 year old cardiac arrest survivor
News & events | 30 Aug 2022
A baby girl who survived a cardiac arrest has been reunited with a doctor from the CQC rated ‘outstanding’ paediatric intensive care team at St George’s Hospital, that helped care for her when she was critically unwell. Siya Patel was 11 months old when she fell and hit her head …
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