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Harbhajan Singh Brar appointed as Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development at St George’s

News & events | 27 Apr 2017

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Harbhajan Singh Brar as its new Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development. Harbhajan will join St George’s next week on Tuesday, 2 May. He joins St George’s from Sodexo UK, where he has been Director of Human Resources since 2011. Harbhajan has …
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St George’s cardiac team gets Royal seal of approval at London marathon

News & events | 26 Apr 2017

Experts from St George’s Hospital were on hand at the London Marathon last weekend to deal with any medical emergencies as over 40,000 runners took part in Britain’s largest sporting event.
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Andrew Grimshaw appointed St George’s new Chief Financial Officer

News & events | 21 Apr 2017

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Andrew Grimshaw as its new Chief Financial Officer. Andrew is currently Director of Finance at London Ambulance Service (LAS), a position he has held since January 2013. He has also been Acting Chief Executive at LAS since January this year. Prior …
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James Friend to join executive team at St George’s

News & events | 19 Apr 2017

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed James Friend as Director of Delivery, Efficiency and Transformation.

James joins St George’s from the Department of Health, where he is currently an advisor to the Secretary of State for Health.

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St George’s leads the way in new treatment for stroke patients

News & events | 11 Apr 2017 | Tags: nhs st george's hospital Stroke stroke rehabilitation thrombectomy

An emergency treatment for stroke patients used at St George’s Hospital is being rolled out to other centres across the UK, benefiting an estimated 8,000 patients.

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A sneak peek into tonight’s episode of 24 Hours in A&E “Candle in the Wind”

News & events | 10 Apr 2017 | Tags: #24HrsAE Channel 4 st george's hospital

The RTS award-winning documentary series returns for a twelfth series following patients treated in the same 24 hour period at St George’s in south west London. The hospital has one of the most advanced and busiest A&E departments in the world. It’s a place where stories of life, love and …
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Renowned Neonatal Unit opens its doors in bid to recruit nurses

News & events | 4 Apr 2017

St George’s Hospital’s record-breaking Neonatal Unit is launching a drive to recruit more nurses – and is opening its doors to show how the team cares for some of the sickest babies in the country. The Neonatal team recently hit the headlines after caring for St George’s youngest-ever patient, Abiageal …
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A sneak peek into tonight’s episode of 24 Hours in A&E “Boys will be boys”

News & events | 3 Apr 2017 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 hours in A&E Channel 4 Emergency Department major trauma centre

The RTS award-winning documentary series returns for a twelfth series following patients treated in the same 24 hour period at St George’s in south west London. The hospital has one of the busiest A&E departments in Britain – under more pressure than ever.  It’s a place where stories of life, …
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A sneak peek into tonight’s episode of 24 Hours in A&E “Stand by your man”

News & events | 27 Mar 2017 | Tags: 24 hours in A&E a&e Channel 4 Emergency Department major trauma

The RTS award-winning documentary series returns for a twelfth series following patients treated in the same 24 hour period at St George’s in south west London. The hospital has one of the busiest A&E departments in Britain – under more pressure than ever. It’s a place where stories of life, …
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Bringing the theatre back to the operating theatre

News & events | 24 Mar 2017

Our plastic surgery team at St George’s streamed live operations – with fully consenting patients for the purpose of education and development – to a captivated audience of medical undergraduates from St George’s, University of London for the first time earlier this year.

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