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The Body and the Healing – a new art exhibition at St George’s

News & events | 31 May 2017

A new art exhibition is set to be unveiled in the Ingredients Restaurant, 1st Floor, Lanesborough Wing at St George’s. ‘The Body and the Healing’ will be on show from 18:00 on Tuesday 6 June until Sunday 18 June and features work from a range of artists. The exhibition has been kindly supported by St George’s Hospital …
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24 Hours in A&E returns with new series

News & events | 31 May 2017

The RTS award-winning documentary series returns for a thirteenth series tonight (Wednesday 31 May) at 9pm on Channel 4.
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HMP Wandsworth launches major recruitment campaign

News & events | 31 May 2017 | Tags: HMP Wandsworth NHS Jobs nursing nursing jobs Offender Healthcare

A recruitment campaign is under way for adult and mental health nurses and pharmacy technicians to join the country’s second largest prison.
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RCN Award win for St George’s staff member

News & events | 26 May 2017

On Saturday 13 May, the Royal College of Nursing held their annual congress and awards ceremony, and one St George’s member of staff took home one of the prestigious prizes! Nicki Parry, a Practice Educator at Balham Health Centre who has recently joined the Trust, won the award for Learning Representative of the …
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International Nurses Day winners announced

News & events | 19 May 2017

It was a day of celebration on Friday 12 May as nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants gathered at St George’s Hospital for our annual International Nurses Day Awards ceremony. There were presentations, dance breaks, sing-a-longs, and the all-important awards – presented by Avey Bhatia, our Chief Nurse and Director of …
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St George’s receives epilepsy research grant

News & events | 19 May 2017 | Tags: award consultant neurologist epilepsy grant national epilepsy week Research

St George’s has been awarded one of seven new research grants to advance our understanding of epilepsy.

Epilepsy Research UK has funded the 12-month pilot scheme – ‘recording brain activity using electrodes placed in the nose’ – at St George’s to assess a new minimally invasive method to monitor brain activity.
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St George’s welcomes President of the Scoliosis Research Society

News & events | 19 May 2017 | Tags: Professor Kenneth Cheung scoliosis Scoliosis Research Society St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Kenneth Cheung, the President of the Scoliosis Research Society, today (Friday 19 May) paid a visit to St George’s to speak at a special symposium on the treatment of paediatric scoliosis deformity. Professor Cheung, who became the first non-American President of the Scoliosis Research Society last October, currently heads …
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Important information regarding NHS cyber-attack: St George’s not affected

News & events | 14 May 2017

Trust emails were suspended temporarily as a precaution, however we can confirm they are now restored to normal.
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Public events about death, dying and bereavement: 8-10 May

News & events | 2 May 2017 | Tags: Dying Matters Awareness Week end of life care

St George’s is proud to be involved with Dying Matters Awareness Week and there are four events that patients and the public can attend. The aim of the week is to help people talk more openly about death, dying and bereavement, and the theme this year is What Can You …
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Team of 22 save woman and her unborn baby at St George’s

News & events | 2 May 2017 | Tags: caesarean cardiac emergency Intensive care neonatal unit surgery

A 22 strong team has saved the life of a mother and her unborn baby after a major heart and aortic defect was detected during screening.
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