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First of its kind children’s cancer research nurse role at St George’s
News & events | 19 Sep 2023 | Tags: #kidsdeservestgeorges
We’re catching up with some of our children’s cancer team to find out more about their roles and why they do what they do. At St George’s we have over 120,000 visits from children each year, and more than 25 years of expertise caring for children with cancer. That’s why …
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Joint strike action spells double trouble for hospitals
News & events | 18 Sep 2023
A tidal wave of pressures look set to hit a group of hospitals when a fresh round of strikes get under way this week. Consultants and junior doctors will come together on Wednesday, sandwiching a joint day of industrial action between separate walkouts. It’s the first-ever time they have done …
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Public urged to stay safe and well with September heatwave on the way
News & events | 4 Sep 2023
Temperatures are set to top 30 degrees in Surrey and South West London this week – prompting St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group to issue advice on staying safe and well in the heat. The UK Health Security Agency has issued a Yellow Heat Health …
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Hospitals face another challenging week with strikes and bank holiday combo
News & events | 23 Aug 2023
A fresh round of strikes followed by the bank holiday weekend is set to ramp up hospital pressures further – exacerbating an already-challenging summer. Some consultants at St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group will be taking industrial action on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 August, …
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Emergency S2 Ep4: don’t miss our teams in action in the series finale
News & events | 23 Aug 2023
In this final episode, 61 year-old Joe is at St Mary’s Major Trauma Centre. A former soldier, Joe had been at an army reunion where he had drunk half a bottle of vodka. On his way home, he tripped and fell down an escalator at King’s Cross station. Hospital scans …
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Emergency S2 Ep3: meet St George’s patients Daniil and Jacob
News & events | 22 Aug 2023
In this third episode, 42-year-old Karl is in Intensive Care at King’s College Hospital following a high-speed motorway accident where his van collided with an HGV. His wife Lulu is coming to terms with the fact that he is being kept alive by a ventilator following traumatic chest injuries. Consultant …
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C4 Emergency meet the team: Rich Carden, Emergency Medicine Registrar
News & events | 22 Aug 2023
Emergency series two continues at 9 pm on Channel 4 tonight (Tuesday 22 August). We caught up with those in #TeamStGeorges that star on the show. Meet Rich Carden, Emergency Medicine Registrar. Describe your role – what’s involved in a typical day, if such a thing exists? I am a …
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St George’s new Major Trauma Ward opens and welcomes first patient
News & events | 22 Aug 2023
St George’s new Major Trauma Ward opened today, replacing the ward formerly known as Holdsworth. St George’s is a designated Major Trauma Centre for the Southwest London and Surrey Major Trauma Network, and the new ward will provide a designated specialist area for major trauma patients to receive the expert …
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C4 Emergency meet the team: Timothy Bishop, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
News & events | 21 Aug 2023
Emergency series two continues at 9 pm on Channel 4 tomorrow night (Tuesday 22 August). We caught up with those in #TeamStGeorges that star on the show. Meet Tim Bishop, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Clinical Director for our surgical directorate. Describe your role – what’s involved in a typical day, …
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CQC publish report on our Maternity services
News & events | 17 Aug 2023
As part of the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) National Maternity Review programme, the CQC is inspecting all NHS acute hospital maternity services they have not been inspected and rated since April 2021. The CQC inspects services provided by healthcare providers against five domains – safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led. …
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