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UK Volunteers to receive Moderna Omicron COVID-19 booster vaccine in study led by St George’s, University of London
News & events | 16 Feb 2022
One of the world’s first Omicron-specific COVID-19 variant vaccines is to be trialled at multiple sites across the UK, as the biotechnology company Moderna, Inc works alongside the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The innovative study, led by a team based at St George’s, University of London, opens this …
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St George’s helps Leukaemia patient walk again for 14th birthday
News & events | 15 Feb 2022
A teenage cancer patient has relearned how to walk after three years of chemotherapy and stem cell transplants left her too weak to walk. Ismahan Ahmed was diagnosed with acute myeloid Leukaemia when she was 11 years old in 2019 after experiencing daily sickness and fainting, weight loss, anaemia and …
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New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: Sliding Doors
News & events | 15 Feb 2022
Filmed during the autumn of 2020, the RTS award-winning documentary series returns for a twenty sixth 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 …
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St George’s Nurse who runs a food bank selected as a BBC Top 100 Champion
News & events | 9 Feb 2022
St George’s nurse, Marlene Johnson, has been selected as one of the BBC London’s Top 100 Champions. The 100 Lives series is part of the BBC’s celebrations for their 100 year anniversary. Marlene was selected due to the outstanding, selfless work that she does, both as part of her profession …
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New Episode of 24 in A&E: A Love Without End
News & events | 8 Feb 2022
75-year-old Bipin is in Resus suffering from a stroke. Meanwhile 80-year-old Myra is in A&E with a head injury after falling off her bicycle. Emergency Nurse Practitioner Louise has been nursing for almost 40 years and opens up about how personal challenges in her own life have taught her a …
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Sir Mike Richards visits Community Diagnostic Centre at Queen Mary’s
News & events | 7 Feb 2022
Professor Sir Mike Richards recently visited Queen Mary’s Hospital to see the new community diagnostic centre. Sir Mike Richards has held a number of roles at both NHS England and the Department of Health, and most recently published a review of diagnostic services as part of NHS England’s Long Term …
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New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: By Your Side
News & events | 1 Feb 2022
The RTS award-winning documentary series returns for a twenty sixth 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 unfold every day. This episode …
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New state-of-the-art pathology lab opened at St Helier hospital
News & events | 30 Jan 2022
A new state-of-the-art blood testing laboratory, capable of running 100,000 tests a day, was officially opened at St Helier hospital yesterday. Patients from across south west London will now get quicker results from common and specialist blood tests. The open plan laboratory has the most up-to-date technology, which will allow …
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St George’s Wins £98,796 To Deliver Net Zero Emissions NHS Through ‘Dora’ System for Cancer Patients
News & events | 26 Jan 2022
Tooting based St George’s Hospital has been awarded £98,796 by SBRI Healthcare to support an historic drive to deliver a net zero NHS. ‘Dora’ won St George’s the funds, it is an autonomous clinical assistant that can telephone hospital patients as an alternative to clinical visits, meaning patients don’t have …
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New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: Lost in Translation
News & events | 25 Jan 2022
Lost in Translation is the second episode of series 26 of 24 Hours in A&E. This episode explores the ingenious techniques the medical staff at St George’s use to communicate complex information to their patients. We see how they transcend every obstacle from dealing with dementia patients to language barriers. 49-year-old …
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