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VR headsets relaxing patients during surgery at St George’s
News & events | 26 Dec 2019
Virtual reality (VR) headsets are being worn for the first time by patients at St George’s Hospital to change the way they experience anxiety during wide-awake surgery. The headsets, funded by St George’s Hospital Charity, are being worn by patients as part of a pilot study led by Miss Shamim …
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Praise for St George’s team after rare cyst removed from newborn baby
News & events | 23 Dec 2019
A baby with a large rare cyst growing in its mouth has been safely delivered at St George’s. Marian Bayley, 31, was transferred to St George’s for specialist care from her local hospital after her five month scan when they realised that the baby had a mass growing in his …
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Local football heroes surprise children at St George’s!
News & events | 18 Dec 2019
Players and staff from AFC Wimbledon, including their much-loved mascot Haydon the Womble, visited St George’s yesterday to surprise some of our young patients. They delivered gifts to patients on all of our paediatric wards. Justine Makin, Lead Health Play Specialist at St George’s, said: “It was absolutely brilliant – …
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Kind-hearted siblings spread festive cheer in Tooting
News & events | 18 Dec 2019
Siblings Isabella and Alessandro visited our paediatric patients to spread festive cheer and give presents for the second Christmas in a row! Isabella and Alessandro, the children of one of our nurses, visited the paediatric playroom on Saturday 7 December to donate pyjamas and socks that they sourced themselves from …
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St George’s maintains requires improvement rating by CQC, and recommends Trust be taken out of quality special measures
News & events | 18 Dec 2019
Trust commended for ‘significant improvement’ by the CQC CQC recommends Trust be taken out of special measures for quality of services Services for children and young people rated outstanding St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been rated requires …
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New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: A life less ordinary…
News & events | 16 Dec 2019
This episode – A life less ordinary – features three patients who are seen within the same 24 hour period.
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St George’s haematology team receives prestigious award
News & events | 11 Dec 2019
Congratulations to our haematology department at St George’s which has been awarded a Clinical Service Excellence Programme (CSEP) accreditation from Myeloma UK – making us the second Trust in London to achieve this. The team were presented with the award in November. The CSEP accreditation, set up by Myeloma UK, …
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New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: In Love and War…
News & events | 9 Dec 2019
This episode focuses on families who have made extraordinary sacrifices for the people they love.
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St George’s critical care team launches new outreach service
News & events | 9 Dec 2019
Our critical care team have launched a new outreach service, offering support for our deteriorating acutely unwell adult patients. The critical care outreach team (CCOT) has been introduced to ensure acutely ill adult patients on our wards receive the care they need in a timely manner, supported by staff trained …
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Giving our cancer patients a Voice – patient user group case study
News & events | 9 Dec 2019
Voice is the St George’s cancer patient user group set up to represent the views of patients and help to improve the patient experience. Since launching at the Trust, over 10 years ago, Voice has been able to act as an invaluable channel of communications between patients and staff for …
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