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Dangerous Pursuits
News & events | 20 Jun 2016
Sometimes doing the things you love gets you into hot water – but you do them anyway because life is made all the better for doing them.
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Here we go again
News & events | 13 Jun 2016
Sometimes, unpleasant things just keep happening time and time again for no reason. All you can do is bear with it and the people featured in this episode have certainly had their fair share of the past repeating itself. 39-year-old Stephan is rushed to St George’s with internal bleeding from …
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Keep on going
News & events | 6 Jun 2016 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 24 Hours 24 Hours A&E 24 hours in A&E 24 Hrs A&E 24 hrs in A&E
All the people in this episode are real goers. They get 10 out of 10 for trying. 31-year-old Liam is rushed to St George’s after collapsing at home during an epileptic seizure. It was his fourth seizure of the day and he experiences another at the hospital. He’s given an …
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Only Yesterday
News & events | 30 May 2016 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 24 Hours 24 Hours A&E 24 hours in A&E 24 Hrs A&E 24 hrs in A&E
Animals and lots of blood feature large in this episode. It’s dramatic and tear-jerking. Riveting stuff. Janine talks about her life-long affection for animals. “I have Asperger’s. I find people, social situations very difficult. People are really complicated. Animals, they’re so much easier,” she says. “I’ve been called ‘Little Miss …
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Staff recognised at Long Service and Values Awards Ceremony
News & events | 27 May 2016 | Tags: awards chief nurse listening into action long service staff values volunteer
St George’s celebrated over 56 members of staff with more than 25 years of service at the trust at the Annual Long Service Awards Ceremony.
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St George’s fetal monitoring team wins national award
News & events | 26 May 2016 | Tags: CTG foetal monitoring gynaecology HSJ awards improvement obstetrics value
St George’s foetal monitoring team has won a prestigious Health Service Journal (HSJ) Value in Healthcare award at an event held on 24th May.
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Acorn Services – new leaflet provided by the Friends of St George’s
News & events | 23 May 2016 | Tags: sexual health;Courtyard clinic;
New sexual health information leaflet for people with learning disabilities The sexual health services have produced a leaflet on sexual health for parents, carers and health professionals working with people who have a learning disability. The leaflet can be view on the public website here. Please share the leaflet. The …
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Love thy neighbour
News & events | 23 May 2016 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 24 Hours 24 Hours A&E 24 hours in A&E 24 Hrs A&E 24 hrs in A&E
It’s not just family and friends who can help you when accidents happen. Sometimes, neighbours do a pretty good job too. 48-year-old train driver Andy is rushed to A&E after falling twelve feet from a tree while cutting branches. He was initially treated at a local hospital, but his injuries …
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The Big Lottery Fund supports local patients with 4 year funding award
News & events | 17 May 2016 | Tags: Hospital Charity St George's Hospital Charity
Local people with Parkinson’s disease, those undergoing kidney dialysis, and those recovering from neurological injury will benefit from a £144,776 grant award from the Big Lottery Fund to St George’s Hospital Charity, announced today. The 4-year grant award to St George’s Hospital Charity is to expand services that the charity …
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St George’s celebrates International Nurses’ Day 2016
News & events | 16 May 2016 | Tags: 24 hours in A&E Aunty Lucy healthcare assistant International Nurses' Day mentor midwife nurse Wandsworth Prison
St George’s celebrated International Nurses’ Day on Thursday 12th May with the trust’s annual nursing awards.
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