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Silver Award highlights commitment to Armed Forces
News & events | 23 Sep 2019
St George’s has been recognised for its commitment to providing and promoting NHS career opportunities to Armed Forces leavers. The Trust has been named as a Silver Award winner in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. Just 34 employers across the private and public sector in Greater London are …
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St George’s secretary celebrates 10 year ‘cancerversary’!
News & events | 19 Sep 2019
Debbi Ashley, 61, who works as a medical secretary at St George’s, will be taking to the catwalk at the annual Breast Cancer Care Show – ten years after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Debbi, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, will be sharing the stage with 31 …
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St George’s hosts second ever European clinical meeting
News & events | 19 Sep 2019
St George’s hosted a European VASCERN primary and paediatric lymphoedema clinical meeting this month with representatives attending from all over Europe.
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Patient celebrates end of cancer treatment at St George’s
News & events | 13 Sep 2019
A 9-year-old patient has thanked friends and family in a heart-warming speech to mark the end of his cancer treatment at St George’s. In December 2015, Roberto was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) – a type of cancer in which the bone marrow releases large numbers of white blood cells, …
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Burpee challenge raises £17k for new life-saving equipment at St George’s
News & events | 11 Sep 2019
St George’s has received new equipment for fetal surgery thanks to St George’s Hospital Charity and fundraiser Craig Peters, also known as ‘The Burpee Guy’! In 2016, Craig set himself the challenge of completing over 67,000 burpees to help raise money for our Fetal Medicine Unit, after they saved the …
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Mini Tesla will allow children to ‘drive’ to surgery
News & events | 11 Sep 2019
A mini Tesla car has been donated to St George’s so children can ‘drive’ themselves to theatre. The electrically powered car – a Tesla Model S Radio – will make our younger patients’ stays more fun and will help ease their anxiety. The Tesla Owners Club UK and the Christian …
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Meet Louise, our Specialist Nurse in Organ Donation
News & events | 4 Sep 2019
Louise Mahon is part of the South East Organ Donation Services Team, which provides a service to 18 NHS Trusts across the region and the Channel Islands. She tells us a bit more about her role below. What does a typical day look like for you? I guess the most common …
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Double delivery for St George’s midwife!
News & events | 3 Sep 2019
Congratulations to Charlotte Day, a St George’s midwife, on the birth of her baby boy Milo! Charlotte gave birth just 10 hours after finishing work on the delivery suite at St George’s. On Wednesday 14 August, Charlotte left work after delivering a baby at 7.30pm. Seven hours later at 3am, …
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St George’s urges local community to support Organ Donation Week
News & events | 2 Sep 2019
During Organ Donation Week, September 2 to 8, NHS Blood and Transplant and St George’s are urging people to talk to their families about organ donation to increase the number of people whose lives can be saved or transformed by a transplant. Next year, the law around organ donation is …
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Touching performance by spoken word artist, author and St George’s nurse, Molly Case
News & events | 2 Sep 2019
St George’s Hospital had the pleasure of listening to spoken word artist, author and St George’s nurse, Molly Case perform some of her poems and a short excerpt from her new book ‘How to Treat People’ last week. Molly performed a poem called ‘The Last 1000 Days,’ commissioned by NHS …
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