News


Mexican Ministers spice up St George’s

THE TACOS AND TORTILLAS may have been missing but there was definitely a taste of Mexico down Tooting way last week (Thursday 16 September) when health ministers from the Central American country paid a special visit to St George’s Hospital. The delegation, led by Mexico’s Undersecretary of Innovation and Quality …
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17 Sep 2004


Annual General Meeting 2003/04

You are all invited to our Annual General Meeting on: TUESDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 5-7PM, MAIN FOYER, ATKINSON MORLEY WING ST GEORGE’S HOSPITAL 2003/04 has been a busy year for our staff. We have faced many challenges and achieved many successes. We would like to share that success with you and …
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9 Sep 2004


St George’s appoints new medical directors

PATIENT CARE at St George’s Hospital received a boost last week following the news that the trust has appointed three leading consultants to form a new team of medical directors. Consultants Mike Bailey, Patricia Hamilton and Chris Streather – each of whom used to be clinical directors at the hospital …
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7 Sep 2004


St George’s named pioneer site for hand hygiene

ST GEORGE’S Hospital has been named a pioneer site as part of a national campaign to stop patients catching infections while staying in hospital. The ‘clean your hands’ campaign, launched today by health minister Lord Warner, hopes to improve hand hygiene among doctors and nurses in a bid to prevent …
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1 Sep 2004


Patient poll shows care improves at St George’s

A POLL OF PATIENTS has found the care at St George’s Hospital to be better than two years ago, according to newly released figures. The number of patients who thought care was “excellent” at the Tooting-based Trust jumped from nearly 30 per cent in 2002 to just over 40 per …
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24 Aug 2004


Breakthrough use of artificial artery gives dialysis patients ‘second chance at life’

PATIENTS around the world with end stage kidney failure were given hope of a few more years of life today as surgeons at St George’s Hospital in London announced a breakthrough procedure that will allow them to continue receiving dialysis. A metre-long plastic artery used by surgeons at the Tooting-based …
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4 Aug 2004


St George’s star rating

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded two stars for its performance between April 2003 and April this year, in national ratings published this week by the Healthcare Commission. Last year, the Trust, which runs St George’s Hospital in Tooting, as well as the Bolingbroke Hospital and …
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21 Jul 2004


Revamped website for local health services

A website used by thousands of people every day to find out about health care at St George’s Hospital in Tooting has been revamped and redesigned to make it easier and simpler to understand. The site provides: a full range of patient information, including details of what to bring with you …
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13 Jul 2004