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Princess Michael of Kent visits St George’s Hospital to open new Maternity Memorial Garden
News & events | 15 Oct 2021
Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent officially opened a new Maternity Memorial Garden at St George’s Hospital yesterday (Thursday 14 October). The garden, which will serve as a quiet place for reflection for anyone affected by pregnancy or baby loss, as well as a permanent memorial to those mothers …
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St George’s AHPs Day Awards 2021: Winners Announced!
News & events | 14 Oct 2021
To celebrate National AHPs Day, today St George’s announced our AHPs Day Award winners. This aim behind this awards is to both celebrate, and shine a light, on just some of the outstanding work of AHPs within our organisation. It was a fantastic ceremony with lots of decorations, balloons and …
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St George’s celebrates Black History Month
News & events | 14 Oct 2021
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating the achievements of its Black staff and hosting a series events and activities throughout October to mark Black History Month. The Trust’s Black Asian and Minority Ethnic staff network – led by Chair, Reverend Pauline Dawkins – and the hospital …
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St George’s non-emergency patient transport service moves to Epsom and St Helier
News & events | 13 Oct 2021
In August we announced that St George’s and Epsom and St Helier Trusts have formed a group model in order to provide more joined-up and consistent care for local patients. As part of this, non-emergency transport services for St George’s patients will move away from private provider HATS and will …
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New ‘one stop shops’ to speed up diagnosis and save lives in South West London
News & events | 8 Oct 2021
A community diagnostic centre or ‘one stop shop’ will be developed in south west London, so patients have more choice and can receive life-saving checks close to their homes.
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Breast screening team joins forces with ITV for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
News & events | 6 Oct 2021
St George’s joined forces with ITV’s Lorraine to highlight the importance of breast screening earlier today as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Wednesday 6 October).
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St George’s TV documentaries nominated for awards
News & events | 29 Sep 2021
Two documentaries filmed at St George’s have made it to the final nomination list for the prestigious Grierson Awards. The Grierson Awards, also known as the British Documentary Awards, is one of the biggest events in the UK documentary calendar. Baby Surgeons: Delivering Miracles and Sudden Death: My Sister’s Silent …
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St George’s one of the first to offer new lifesaving covid-19 treatment
News & events | 24 Sep 2021
A 17-year-old critically ill covid patient and TikTok star was one of the first in the UK to receive a ground-breaking antibody treatment at St George’s Hospital today after being approved for use just a few days ago.
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Queen Mary’s Surgery Treatment Centre hosts visit from Royal College of Surgeons President and Stephen Hammond MP
News & events | 20 Sep 2021
The President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Stephen Hammond, Member of Parliament for Wimbledon paid a visit to the Surgery Treatment Centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital last week (Friday 17 September). The Surgery Treatment Centre, which opened its doors in June 2021, is providing surgical teams …
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Com-COV alternating vaccine schedule study for 12-to-16-year-olds launches at St George’s
News & events | 17 Sep 2021
Researchers at St George’s are to begin running the latest University of Oxford-led Com-COV study, looking into different COVID-19 vaccination schedules for young people aged 12 to 16.
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