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Race on to collect as many Easter eggs as possible for St George’s

News & events | 6 Mar 2018 | Tags: appeal Easter St George's Hospital Charity

Local residents and businesses are invited to take part in an Easter Egg Appeal for our paediatric patients at St George’s. Since 2011, Access Self Storage has hosted the appeal and has received more than 3,800 chocolate eggs – weighing more than a tonne of chocolate – for a range …
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BJM win for St George’s Midwife

News & events | 28 Feb 2018

Congratulations to Debs Livermore on winning first prize in the ‘Innovation in practice’ category at the British Journal of Midwifery awards earlier this month. Debs was short-listed for her work in developing the High Dependency Unit on our Delivery Suite at St George’s. Before the current unit was established, many …
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New episode of 24 Hours in A&E: Lost for Words

News & events | 27 Feb 2018 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 hours in A&E a&e ED Emergency Department Stroke trauma tumour

Tonight’s episode – Lost for Words – features 54-year-old Richard who arrives in resus suffering symptoms of a suspected stroke.
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Cold weather this week

News & events | 26 Feb 2018

It is extremely cold today (Monday 26 February), with a high risk of icy conditions and heavy snow over the coming week as well. We are not expecting major disruption to the hospital and community services we provide – and all patients should attend for their appointments as planned. As a precaution, however, we …
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Home monitoring of blood pressure in pregnant women study published

News & events | 23 Feb 2018 | Tags: blood pressure Consultant Obstetrician HaMpton app HSJ Award technology

A study into the safe monitoring of blood pressure in pregnant women at home has been published in Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology medical journal today (Friday 23 February). Dr Asma Khalil, Senior Author and Consultant Obstetrician at St George’s, led the project after having the idea as a junior …
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St George’s made official centre for innovative stroke procedure

News & events | 23 Feb 2018 | Tags: mechanical thrombectomy neuro-radiology Stroke

Last week, NHS England confirmed that St George’s is now an officially designated centre for the use of mechanical thrombectomy – an innovative new treatment
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