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The Inpatient Surgical Team receive a recognition award from the Health Innovation Network
News & events | 5 Jan 2016 | Tags: award HIN Inpatient Surgical Team
With more than 130 entries submitted across the Health Innovation Network & Health Education South London Innovation Grants & Recognition Awards programme this year, the Inpatient Surgical Team received a Recognition Award. David McCall, Tissue Viability Nurse spoke regarding the award saying: “I am very proud of the work undertaken …
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Queen Mary’s Hospital gain JAG accreditation
News & events | 31 Dec 2015 | Tags: endoscopy departments Endoscopy Unit JAG accreditation Lucy Titheridge Paul Alford Queen Mary's Hospital Queen Mary’s
The Endoscopy Unit at Queen Mary’s has recently been awarded JAG accreditation which is an accreditation awarded to endoscopy departments that are able to demonstrate a safe, patient centred and efficient service.
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A teaser for episode 12 of ’24 Hours in A&E’ titled “Through the Ages”
News & events | 31 Dec 2015 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 24 Hours 24 Hours A&E 24 hours in A&E 24 Hrs A&E 24 hrs in A&E
You’re never too young or too old to visit A&E and this episode has examples of people from 3-41 years old who end up in A&E much to their surprise.
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Life is hard in episode 11 of ’24 Hours in A&E’
News & events | 29 Dec 2015 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 24 Hours 24 Hours A&E 24 hours in A&E
This week’s episode focuses on patients and families whose good humour and positivity helps them to cope in tough circumstances. Life can often deal out tough hands to people but with the right frame of mind, it’s possible to rise above very difficult situations. This episode proves it. 84-year-old Paula …
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Dilemmas of ‘fathers and sons’ in episode 10 of ’24 Hours in A&E’
News & events | 18 Dec 2015 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 Hours 24 Hours A&E 24 hours in A&E emergency services fathers and sons
The next episode of ’24 Hours in A&E’ will be aired next Wednesday, 23rd December, on Channel 4 at 9pm. It is about fathers and sons, their intertwining relationships and an over-riding emotion of people rushed to A & E is fear and confusion.
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“When you get a phone call like that, everything stops”. All is revealed in episode 9 of ’24 Hours in A&E’
News & events | 16 Dec 2015 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 Hours A&E 24 hrs in A&E Emergency Department
Twenty-two-year-old motorcyclist Adam has crashed into a car and been thrown 30 metres. Rosa, who’s 18, fell off her bike after a night out with friends. Her mum is not impressed.
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St George’s scores a first in providing more accurate screening for Down’s syndrome
News & events | 10 Dec 2015 | Tags: Basky Thilaganathan CVS Down's Syndrome Edwards syndrome Edwards's syndrome Maternity NIPT Patau syndrome Patau's syndrome pregnancy Professor Basky SAFE test
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust London, today opened the doors of its new laboratory for processing blood samples of pregnant women whose babies are at a high risk of developing Down’s, Edwards and Patau syndromes.
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Spoiler alert for episode eight of ’24 Hours in A&E’
News & events | 10 Dec 2015 | Tags: 24 Hours 24 Hours A&E 24 hours in A&E a&e Channel 4 nurse Simon
In this week’s episode on Channel 4 (aired on Wednesday 9pm) two little girls and an elderly gentleman requiring much needed treatment from our A&E team, including Simon, the nurse. Simon has made his first appearance in series 8 and is a turning into quite a TV star already!
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Showcasing quality care in television documentaries
News & events | 2 Dec 2015 | Tags: #24HrsAE 24 Hours A&E 24 hours in A&E consent process consultant in adult & paediatric emergency medicine emergency medicine consultant film crews Garden Productions head of communications Louise Halfpenny NHS Providers NHS Providers 2015 NHS Providers conference quality care Rhys Beynon television documentary Will Glazebrook
Earlier this month, we had a stand at NHS Providers conference in Birmingham to showcase the work related to ‘24 Hours in A&E’ and how this had had an impact on the quality of care. It was a great opportunity to share our experience with other providers – why and how we managed the process of allowing film crews into our busiest department – managing the consent process, address quality of care and why we did it.
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Vascular scientist at St George’s awarded prize for work in the field
News & events | 2 Dec 2015 | Tags: 2015 Ann Donald award Cardiovascular team Clinical Vascular Scientist cyclists Fabrizio D'Abate iliac endofibrosis marathon runners Scientist of the Year Scientist of the Year 2015 Society of Vascular Technology of Great Britain and Ireland sports doctors sports physiotherapists SVT triathlon athletes vascular vascular neurosurgery vascular scientist Vascular team vascular ultrasound
Fabrizio D’Abate, a Clinical Vascular Scientist at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, London received the 2015 Ann Donald award for Scientist of the Year on 14 November 2015 from the Society of Vascular Technology of Great Britain and Ireland (SVT).
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