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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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Governor elections – nominations now open
News & events | 3 Dec 2019
Our Governors are representatives of our membership and the communities served by the Trust, and they play an important role in the governance of the hospital. You can find out more about our Council of Governors here. We have vacancies for public Governors from Merton (x3), Wandsworth (x3) and the …
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New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: Go your own way…
News & events | 2 Dec 2019
This episode features patients and staff members who forge their own path in life and strive to find happiness and fulfilment, against the odds.
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