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Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care visit St George’s
St George’s hosted a visit from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steven Barclay on Thursday 16 March.
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19 Mar 2023
Celebrating Mother’s Day across our hospitals
To mark Mother’s Day, we spoke to some of the amazing mums and daughters who work for us here at St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group…
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17 Mar 2023
Emergency departments face their busiest Monday of the year on first day of junior doctors strikes
Emergency departments at St George’s, Epsom and St Helier’s hospitals were hit by their busiest Monday this year – with more than 1,000 people coming through their doors over the course of the day. This high demand – the equivalent of roughly one person every 90 seconds – came during …
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14 Mar 2023
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier hospitals issue advice to the public ahead of junior doctor strikes
Use our services wisely but continue to come forward in an emergency and attend appointments unless you hear otherwise – that’s the message from St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals and Health Group ahead of the junior doctor strikes next week. Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) and …
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11 Mar 2023
St George’s Green Plan Workshop
This week we ran a workshop to refresh St George’s Green Plan and bring sustainability back into our teams and key stakeholders top priorities. The healthcare we provide in the future depends on the action we take on climate change today. “It will be grimly ironic if the NHS creates …
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10 Mar 2023
Quitting tobacco for good this No Smoking Day
On Wednesday 8 March thousands of smokers were encouraged to quit tobacco for good during the annual No Smoking Day. Around 6 million people in the UK smoke, while around 80,000 die every year from smoking-related causes. That’s 80,000 too many. St. George’s Tobacco Dependence team were on hand in …
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8 Mar 2023
St George’s mends broken hearts
St George’s structural heart team has doubled the number of hearts they’ve fixed via TAVI procedures in the last two years.
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14 Feb 2023
Tens of thousands of patients tested for HIV in our Emergency Departments
Tens of thousands of patients were tested for HIV in our emergency departments last year, thanks to an opt-out scheme that aims to ensure people who have the virus get the support they need quickly. St George’s, Epsom and St Helier Hospitals and Health Group offers opt-out HIV testing in …
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10 Feb 2023
Rare cancer teen survivor inspired to be a nurse thanks to team who saved her life
A recovered paediatric cancer patient is hoping to follow in the footsteps of those in the outstanding rated paediatric team at St George’s Hospital that saved her life. Zoe Magness, who recently celebrated her 18th birthday, was just four years old when she became unwell and doctors found a tumour …
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10 Feb 2023
Cancer patient commends St George’s for ‘kindness, compassion and understanding’ post-surgery
John Organ was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer in November 2022. He was operated on by a specialist team at St George’s just seven weeks later, and successfully had his cancer removed. From diagnosis right through to the operation, John was so grateful for his care. Ahead of World Cancer Day …
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2 Feb 2023
#TeamStGeorges raise awareness for Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
From 23 – 29 January is Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2023, all week long the gynaecology team at St George’s have been raising awareness. In the UK, you are automatically invited for cervical screening if you are between the ages of 25 and 64, are registered as female with your …
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27 Jan 2023
Thank you for taking care of my mum!
BBC News producer Sophie Tall says she was “incredibly grateful” for her mother’s emergency care at St George’s over the festive period. When Lorna Clark, Sophie’s mother, fell and shattered her wrist before Christmas, she visited St George’s Emergency Department where she was triaged and seen by a doctor within …
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25 Jan 2023
St George’s surgeons’ pioneering surgery saves life of baby girl born with ultra-rare condition
When baby Connie was born with dead bowel, her devastated parents were warned she wouldn’t survive. But thanks to a team of paediatric surgeons at St George’s Hospital for “taking the risk that no one else would”, the tot has made a miraculous recovery. Deborah and Dominic La Spina say …
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23 Jan 2023
Visit to our surgical ‘super-hub’ at Queen Mary’s
Kat Lay, Health reported for The Times, recently visited St George’s surgical ‘super-hub’ at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. The surgical hub is ringfenced to perform high volume, low complexity cases which allows the main site at St George’s to do high complexity, emergency, tertiary and specialist surgery. The surgical …
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19 Jan 2023
‘Breast screening helps save lives’ Estelle from St George’s visits No 10
Estelle Le Galliot, Macmillan Health and Wellbeing Coordinator for St George’s, attended No 10 Downing Street on Wednesday 11 January for a special breakfast reception held by Akshata Murty, PM Rishi Sunak’s wife. The event was held in aid of raising awareness of breast cancer screening for females aged 51-70. …
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13 Jan 2023